Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician
Caxtoniana: Hints on Mental Culture (1862)
“It's an absurd error to put modern English literature in the curriculum. You should read contemporary literature for pleasure or not at all. You shouldn't be taught to monkey with it.”
Source: The Paris Review interview (1981), p. 31
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