Based on the passage, the literary critics mentioned in line 18 would be most likely to hold which one of the followi...

Emil-Kunkin on April 8 at 02:36AM

I think we have to infer from the passage what they must believe. Since they praised his use of traditional styles, and he wrote about no traditional subjects for those styles, this inherently demonstrates that the styles in question can be adapted and flexed to new contexts.