tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post6737778514959739833..comments2024-02-23T03:28:33.435-05:00Comments on Culture Industry: books beneath contemptMark Scrogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-39121683528899014012011-02-07T00:44:03.724-05:002011-02-07T00:44:03.724-05:00You're right, Mark -- careless reading on my p...You're right, Mark -- careless reading on my part. He's not treating of literary virtue at all, simply of success.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-71000551643697525162011-02-07T00:30:55.827-05:002011-02-07T00:30:55.827-05:00re: biography...for what it's worth: "Be...re: biography...for what it's worth: "Before advancing very far into biography we are asking ourselves the old question of intent: from what point of view is the book written? Robert Martin writes: 'Lord David Cecil used to say that he finally judged the quality of a biography by whether it had prepared him for instant recognition of its subject if he were to walk into the room and begin talking.' .... For me...the key to writing a good biography: Love...the love that is the advocacy of another standing beside you at the portals." ---the late Jack Clarke, in his brilliant essay "Olson: The Book" in INTENT. (vol.2 no.4/vol.3 no. 1 (Winter /Spring 1991) Double Issue, pp. 14 & 18.bill shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168365468808561496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-44017604176267954612011-02-06T01:35:18.043-05:002011-02-06T01:35:18.043-05:00Alas, Vance, I've come to read Idler 102 as so...Alas, Vance, I've come to read Idler 102 as so saturated with irony (bordering sarcasm) that it's probably hard to hear the venom with which I pronounce "he may be sure that his work has been praised by <i>some leader of literary fashions</i>."Mark Scrogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-12130209169771487932011-02-05T18:42:57.256-05:002011-02-05T18:42:57.256-05:00Ugh. I take it your point in quoting Johnson is th...Ugh. I take it your point in quoting Johnson is that his image of virtue rewarded doesn't apply to the literary world today -- if it ever did.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-55936804234502921072011-02-05T09:03:43.296-05:002011-02-05T09:03:43.296-05:00"...inexplicably published by" is gold. ..."...inexplicably published by" is gold. Gold!<br /><br />I'm going to use it in otherwise mixed reviews to give the things a tinge of acid. Sort of like squeezing a lime into a shrimp cocktail or something.<br /><br />B.Archambeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273511539172747550noreply@blogger.com