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Douglas Bush

Douglas Bush (1869-1983) was a literary critic, historian, and Harvard University professor. He is well known for his work on Shakespeare and John Milton as well as his reference work, English Literature in the Earlier Seventeenth Century.

My Credo: A Symposium of Critics (Continued)

Winter 1951

VI. The Humanist Critic¹

By Douglas Bush

I have a very simple mind, and my simple creed could be set forth in a paragraph. But it is a matter of strong conviction, and, though a degree of […]

The Kenyon Review Credos

The Humanist Critic

By Douglas Bush

From The Kenyon Review, Winter 1951, Vol. XIII, No. 1 I have a very simple mind, and my simple creed could be set forth in a paragraph. But it is […]