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The job of criticism would seem to be, then, to recall liberalism to its first essential imagination of variousness and possibility, which implies the awareness of complexity and difficulty.

Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

But the virtue of its structure is that it reflects the variousness of an activity which is at least three things – a hobby, a sport and a form of transport.

The Bicycle Book by Bella Bathurst – review 2011

All children need the grounding of knowing who they are in order to grow in love, to learn that the variousness of the world is its own kind of blessing, and to arrive at the awareness that celebrating with those one loves is a mitzvah.

Michele Somerville: December Dilemma: Maccabees vs. The Elves Michele Somerville 2011

All children need the grounding of knowing who they are in order to grow in love, to learn that the variousness of the world is its own kind of blessing, and to arrive at the awareness that celebrating with those one loves is a mitzvah.

Michele Somerville: December Dilemma: Maccabees vs. The Elves Michele Somerville 2011

I wouldn't have thought this needed pointing out, given the variousness of the unstoppably inventive Smith's work from any period.

The Artist in All His Dimensions Karen Wilkin 2011

Trilling on the Job of Literary Criticism: to recall variousness, possibility, complexity and difficulty

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Following Mark Marsters by Nigel Beale 2008

The folklore of golf, for another example, tells us that the game began on the links of the Scottish coast, the happy accident of their whin-and-sand-and-cliffsideturf variousness.

'A Short History of Celebrity' 2010

The job of criticism is to recall simplifying, organizing liberalism to its first essential immagination of variousness and possibility, which implies awareness of complexity and difficulty. … literature NB not just because it directs itself toward politics, but because it is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity and difficulty.

Trilling on the Job of Literary Criticism: to recall variousness, possibility, complexity and difficulty 2008