Link below to the online book review posted in March 2011 by Hershel Parker who recalls splitting with leftist editor Paul Lauter
"over the issue of respecting quality (I want to spend most of my time on great writers); over the issue of politicizing literature (making Melville, for example, just exactly as up-to-date on racial issues as the latest critic thinks he or she is); and over the Politically Correct insistence on celebrating victimization."
Fragments from a Writing Desk: BRODHEAD: The Rogue Elephant in Anthony T. Kronman...: Anthony T. Kronman, EDUCATION’S END: WHY OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVESITIES HAVE GIVEN UP ON THE MANING OF LIFE This is a passionate, personal b...
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