John Ivan Simon
Autor von Paradigms Lost: Reflections on Literacy and Its Decline
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Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature (2007) — Mitwirkender — 90 Exemplare
Counterpoints: 25 Years of The New Criterion on Culture and the Arts (2007) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare
Against the Grain: The New Criterion on Art and Intellect at the End of the Twentieth Century (1995) — Mitwirkender — 34 Exemplare
Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English (2011) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 30 Exemplare
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- Geburtstag
- 1925-05-12
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Subotica, Serbia
- Ausbildung
- Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
- Berufe
- literary critic
theatre critic
film critic
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These essays span such topics as writers, linguists, the performing arts, the media, and more. His comments are biting and to the point; here is an example:
"In the beginning was the word, But by the time the second word was added to it, there was trouble. For with it came syntax, the thing that tripped up so many people. And they're tripping up more than ever today."("Authors Without Fear or Shame", p. 111)
It is an eclectic collection of elegant prose that will leave you wanting to read more criticism from the pen of John Simon.… (mehr)