“Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods. Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.”
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Brecht, B. (n.d.). Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods. Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/35355-literary-works-cannot-be-taken-over-like-factories/
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Brecht, Bertolt. “Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods. Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/35355-literary-works-cannot-be-taken-over-like-factories/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Brecht, Bertolt. “Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods. Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/35355-literary-works-cannot-be-taken-over-like-factories/.