A collection of 15 essays offering a personal critical appraisal of modern cultural crises as reflected in literature, focusing on American attitudes toward art, books, and quality.
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A collection of 15 essays offering a personal critical appraisal of modern cultural crises as reflected in literature, focusing on American attitudes toward art, books, and quality.
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In this wide-ranging volume, R.V. Cassill has put together a collection of 15 of his own essays which he refers to as " a personal, critical appraisal of the crisis of our times as it is reflected, primarily, in literature." As a writer and critic he is concerned about the prevailing American view of art that equates excellence and quality with price and best-sellerdom. His primary concern is with literature: the idolatry of "great books" that confuses literature as art with literature as print....
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Critical essays on American cultural attitudes toward art, literature, and commercialism
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