RE: RARA-AVIS: Four for The Fifties

From: Ed Lynskey ( e_lynskey@yahoo.com)
Date: 02 Jan 2003

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--- Robison Michael R CNIN < Robison_M@crane.navy.mil> wrote:
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> The book uses humor to launch a serious attack on the over-
> inflated self-importance of professional critics. The
> criticism is just as valid in the literary field. Ever
> read Harold Bloom?

You hit the nail on the head. He (Willeford) cuts them down with as much fierce intelligence as they purport to have. HERESY was a fun read.

Ed Lynskey

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