Comments on: Books http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/07/02/books/ a magazine of work-in-progress, inquiry, & reference Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Vince http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/07/02/books/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Vince Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:56:57 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=819#comment-444 Pam, So tell me why. At least a bit or two. Why are you unsatisfied by their efforts? And if you have the time, why does the literary establishment revere them so? I have never found an answer to explain such a waste of obvious talent. Is it just another part of the anti-humanism of the Twentieth Century--the elevation of what is petty and small in order to display a dislike and distrust for their fellow human beings as a justification for turning individual responsibility over to the authority of others? (As if a hundred thieves might somehow be more honest as an elected group than one, or a 50 million idiots smarter than a single moron, etc.) The elitism of an intellectual establishment huddling in Universities and living off taxes confiscated from the citizen while self-righteously attacking the same citizen for being too stupid to appreciate Picasso has always mystified me. Please, Pam, explain this to me. Use simple words, because I am obviously not smart enough to comprehend the zeitgeist of such an age. In the mean time I'll read a little Conrad for comfort. Vince-- Pam,
So tell me why. At least a bit or two. Why are you unsatisfied by their efforts? And if you have the time, why does the literary establishment revere them so? I have never found an answer to explain such a waste of obvious talent. Is it just another part of the anti-humanism of the Twentieth Century–the elevation of what is petty and small in order to display a dislike and distrust for their fellow human beings as a justification for turning individual responsibility over to the authority of others? (As if a hundred thieves might somehow be more honest as an elected group than one, or a 50 million idiots smarter than a single moron, etc.) The elitism of an intellectual establishment huddling in Universities and living off taxes confiscated from the citizen while self-righteously attacking the same citizen for being too stupid to appreciate Picasso has always mystified me. Please, Pam, explain this to me. Use simple words, because I am obviously not smart enough to comprehend the zeitgeist of such an age. In the mean time I’ll read a little Conrad for comfort.

Vince–

]]> By: Pamela http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/07/02/books/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Pamela Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:37:01 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=819#comment-443 Also never liked Fitzgerald. Or Salinger. or Roth. Also never liked Fitzgerald. Or Salinger. or Roth.

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