Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page Bertram Wolfe Quote “Since direct political discussion was prohibited, all literature tended to become a criticism of Russian life, and literary criticism but another form of social criticism… If the censor forbade explicit statement, he was skillfully eluded by indirection – by innocent seeming tales of other lands or times, by complicated parables, animal fables, double meanings, overtones, by investing apparently trivial events with the pent-up energies possessing the writer, so that the reader became compelled to dwell upon them until their hidden meanings became manifest.” ~ Bertram Wolfe (1896-1977)Three Who Made A Revolution, 1964 Speech , Censorship Ratings and Comments SaveOk2 SaveOk2 View CommentsClick to view or comment. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This Bertram Wolfe quote is found in these categories: Speech quotes Censorship quotes About Bertram Wolfe Bio of Bertram Wolfe Quotations by Bertram Wolfe Books by/about Bertram Wolfe Bertram Wolfe videos Bertram Wolfe on Wikipedia Astrological chart for Bertram Wolfe