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Continue to ChatThe idea that a student can write a sonnet or a novel without having a sound understanding about its history, and where it fits into literature as a whole, seems to me to be manifestly daft. - Nicholas Royle from https://whatsmyquote.com/quote/the-idea-that-a-student-can-write-a-sonnet-or-a-novel-without-having-a-sound-understanding-about-its-history