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Pious Certainties, Good Criticism, and More

Pious Certainties, Good Criticism, and More

Sep 27, 2021
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How have books changed? “They became tedious redoubts for the pious certainties of a besieged, over-educated and underemployed intellectual class” ... more »

Good criticism draws out the nuances within the ideas one finds the most noxious, the most difficult to dignify... more »

For readers, E.M. Forster was a stately, mild-mannered bachelor with a staid …

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