Richard Ellmann Professions : Literary critic Born : March 15, 1918 Died : May 13, 1987 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Richard Ellmann Drift beautifully on the surface, and you will die unbeautifully in the depths. Richard Ellmann surface dies depth A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is in fact the gestation of a soul. Richard Ellmann artist soul men Historians of literature like to regard a century as a series of ten faces, each grimacing in a different way. Richard Ellmann different literature history Similar Authors Bliss Perry literary-critic Irving Howe literary-critic Diana Trilling literary-critic Daphne Merkin literary-critic Henry Louis Gates literary-critic Harold Bloom literary-critic All Authors
