Quotes about English Literature

I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really. Votes: 4

You can't understand European history at all other than through religion, or English literature either if you can't recognise biblical allusions. Votes: 4

I feel a bit of an imposter talking about the science. I'm not a scientist, you may be aware. I read English Literature. Votes: 4

If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literature's performing flea. Votes: 4

My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way. Votes: 4

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete. Votes: 4

When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with broadcasting, with telling stories about other people's exploits. Votes: 4

I have an English literature degree. I wanted to be the next great American novelist from a very early age, but I put it aside for a while, because I got very realistic at one point. Votes: 4

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar. Votes: 4

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing. Votes: 4

I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision. Votes: 4

At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does. Votes: 4

It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race. Votes: 4

I never intended to be a historian of religion. My aim was to become a professor of English Literature in a university, but I had a series of absolute career disasters and found myself making television programs about the nature of religion and about Christian history and started to discover about other religious traditions, and that was an absolute eye-opener for me. Votes: 4

Remember, I have a Ph.D. in English literature. Votes: 2

The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth. Votes: 2

I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants. Votes: 2

Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century. Votes: 2

There's a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that. Votes: 2

I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work. Votes: 2

English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action. Votes: 2

I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science. Votes: 2

I study English literature but my friends are doing psychology and things like that. No one cares about acting there. It's not competitive and it's a nice environment for me. Votes: 2

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. Votes: 2

With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick in an extra zero, everything just crashes into the ravine. Votes: 2

My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge. Votes: 2

I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important. Votes: 2

There's always a host of voices you're inspired by. I love Don DeLillo, and I love Isaac Bashevis Singer, and I love Beckett, and I love Pinter. He's one of the funniest voices in English literature since Dickens. Votes: 2

I soon realized that a student of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of what is going on in what he reads: The most conscientous student will be continually misconstruing the implications, even the meaning. Votes: 2

I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkiens legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien. Votes: 2

School was rough for me. I was a good student in middle school, but high school wasn't so fun. I still pulled through, though! I excelled in art, fashion, history and English literature - anything creative. Math and science I struggled a bit more in. Votes: 2

I wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea of collaboration, and I thought if I'm gonna write plays, I should learn something about speaking the lines that I might try to write. Votes: 2

I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature at school and taking that into Shakespeare and finding that opened up a whole world of self-expression to me that I didn't have access to previously. Votes: 2

I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her childhood - E. Nesbit and Dickens, which isn't children's literature at all, but I was sort of steeped in English literature. I thought I was of that world. Votes: 2

English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform. Votes: 2

I had the impression from reading English literature that British women were great beauties, and I only had seen Julie Christie, and she was gorgeous and sexy. I don't know whether it was just my taste, but when I got to London, I went two years without seeing a truly attractive woman. A lot of near misses. Votes: 2

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own. Votes: 2

And in spite of everything, Ireland remains the brain of the Kingdom. The English, judiciously practical and ponderous, furnish the over-stuffed stomach of humanity with a perfect gadget--the water closet. The Irish, condemned to express themselves in a language not their own, have stamped on it the mark of their own genius and compete for glory with the civilized nations. This is then called English literature. Votes: 2

English literature is a flying fish. Votes: 0

My master's degree was in English literature. Votes: 0

Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much. Votes: 0

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives. Votes: 0

Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature. Votes: 0

As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history. Votes: 0

I love literature, the English language and storytelling. I also have thirty horses and seventy foxhounds to feed. Votes: 0

I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature. Votes: 0

Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility. Votes: 0

The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities. Votes: 0

I think in general there's no point in going into a field like English literature if you're not going to have fun with it. Votes: 0

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. Votes: 0

The central symbol for Canada-and this based on numerous instances of its occurrence in both English and French Canadian literature-is undoubtedly Survival, la Survivance. Votes: 0

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course. Votes: 0

My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea that I was English. Votes: 0

I went to University College London and read English literature, then realised if you were interested in story and narrative, film was the way to go. Votes: 0

Quoting, like smoking, ... is a dirty habit to which I am devoted. But then ... I am a professor of English literature; it is an occupational hazard. Votes: 0

As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L'Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me - very African. Votes: 0

I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot of literature and not care about language. Votes: 0

Jane Eyre,' when I think of that book, it conjures up the best moments of college English courses. Literature is extraordinary, especially when you have a good professor. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I loved English literature - if didn't it would have been hard - but I had to learn it myself. I remembered ways to repeat words, to put more emphasis on certain lines. Votes: 0

I often think that eventually I'd love to do some papers... my correspondence if life calms down a bit, but I think I'd do history or English literature... I've had enough of journos. Votes: 0

The cliché is dead poetry. English, being the language of an imaginative race, abounds in clichés, so that English literature is always in danger of being poisoned by its own secretions. Votes: 0