And that I think may be a little bit - - that's a metaphor in itself - that may be a little bit much to ask of a work of art.

但我认为这个要求,我说的本身也是一个比喻-,对于一个艺术作品来说有些太多了。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

If we're focused on the work of art in and of itself, on the poem, we obviously in thinking about what it means need to come to terms with three kinds of evidence."

将注意力放在艺术作品本身或者说诗本身上，很显然，如果我们想考虑它所表达的意思的话,我们必须对三种证据作出让步“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

There's something in Eliot's--the presentation of Eliot's work and indeed in the work itself that is affronting, resistant, impersonal. And the typography, the presentation of the book is part of that.

艾略特的作品中有一点别的意义，作品展现出来的,本身有点冒犯，具有反抗性和个人性，印刷和，外观也展现了那些特征。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

But the writing itself is not holy.

但作品本身并不神圣。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选