No popular model could have ever stood before Creangă when he was writing his Memories, but, surely, neither could the cultured prototypes of the genre, the first autobiographies and memoirs of the Renaissance".
Niciun model popular nu i-a putut pluti înainte lui Creangă, scriindu-și Amintirile, dar, desigur, nici prototipurile culte ale genului, primele autobiografii și memorii ale Renașterii”.