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I'd recommend this, you might think it's a one-shot jokey text but, on the contrary, the author takes the question quite seriously and makes interesting points
by jjgreen 6y ago
I'd recommend this, you might think it's a one-shot jokey text but, on the contrary, the author takes the question quite seriously and makes interesting points (if you've studies the secondary literature for years but have never actually read it, are your comment more-or-less valid than if you've read it years ago but forgotten it). Not to say that it's dry, more wry.
- thundergolfer 6y agoThe article makes the book sound enjoyable and insightful to readers. After reading this article, I am keenly interested in actually reading the book, so well done to the article writer. The excerpts seem to show Bayard is exploring usefully the practices of living with books and being in a literary culture, which is something I don’t see discussed much.