Word: menckenã
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...chapters, and their content is almost as unrelated as their headings). The only thing unifying the loose strands seems to be Calasso’s attempt to codify why he likes certain authors better than others. I don’t generally agree with H. L. Mencken??s statement that “criticism is prejudice made plausible,” but I do agree with it here. Calasso dismisses modernism, Mallarme’s prose works and other revered targets with nothing more than a wave of his pen and an assertion that they?...
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