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Shakespeare Is Universal.

No Poem, Not Even Shakespeare Or Milton Or Chaucer, Is Ever Strong Enough To Totally Exclude Every Crucial Precursor Text Or Poem.

I Don't Believe In Myths Of Decline Or Myths Of Progress, Even As Regards The Literary Scene.

The Idea Of Herman Melville In A Writing Class Is Always Distressing To Me.

Read Deeply, Not To Believe, Not To Accept, Not To Contradict, But To Learn To Share In That One Nature That Writes And Reads.