Premchand Quotes on Literature

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Authentic quotations from Premchand on literature, language, story-writing, novels, art, criticism, society, and the writer's role

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Literature is the creation of man; therefore it is intelligible, accessible, and limited by bounds.

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The true pleasure of literature is founded on beauty and truth.

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The purpose of literature is to reveal and create that higher joy which comes from beauty and truth.

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Literature is concerned less with intellect than with emotions.

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For the intellect there is philosophy, science and ethics; for emotions there are poetry, the novel and poetic prose.

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The foundation of literature is the beauty of emotions; beyond this, whatever there is cannot be called literature.

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The story is a creation whose purpose is to portray one aspect of life or one emotion.

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Its characters, style and plot should all reinforce that one emotion.

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A story does not attempt to present human life in its entirety and breadth as a novel does.

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The story is like a single flowerpot in which the beauty of one plant is seen in its fullest form.