Subject: Re: Public Intellectuals
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 12:59:36 GMT
Good essay...it has some real jewels:
<<"Appreciation" was not his mode, and in many of these brief essays he
gives the impression of an astronaut: a very fat suit in a very thin
atmosphere. There's not quite enough room to turn around, but he'll
try.>>
:)
Jim
Suzanne Morine wrote:
>
> An article excerpt Cecilia gave us gave another article excerpt:
> >... The essayist Louis Menand declared the death of his kind in The New Yorker
> >not long ago, acknowledging that ''Hollywood movies and rock 'n' roll
> >proved to be far more powerful weapons in the global struggle for hearts
> >and minds than the great books had ever been.''
>
> Being behind in my New Yorker reading, this caught my eye. I figure I may
> not be the only one who is interested in this article (which I haven't read
> yet), it is in the 15 Oct 2001 issue of the New Yorker, page 202. Online,
> it's still in a google cache (i.e. won't last long) at:
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:75MoWb-_1bs:www.newyorker.com/THE_CRITICS/A_CRITIC_AT_LARGE/+Louis+Menand+new+yorker+hollywood+movies+more+powerful+weapons+&hl=en>
>
> Suzanne
>
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