My view, as one who taught it, is that the whole purpose of a literary education should be to tell people that these things exist. I don’t think any teacher should try to ‘teach an author,’ but rather simply describe what the author has written. And this is what I tried to do. — Guy Davenport
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Mini who’s who:
Guy Davenport : American Writer
Born: November 23, 1927
Died: January 4, 2005