Paris: Literary Capital of America
This article lists a surprising number of American authors who had all found high levels of productivity in the city […]
Twentieth Century Writers
Paris: Literary Capital of America
(NY Times Book Review, 1923)
This article lists a surprising number of American authors who had all found high levels of productivity in the city of Paris, both during the Great War and afterward:
“In Paris the American author seems to get the right perspective of his native land. Three thousand miles away he finds himself better able to interpret or criticize the land of the free. Permeated by the French atmosphere, he suddenly develops a huge interest in America, and this interest, in turn, expresses itself usually in the form of a novel.”
Paris: Literary Capital of America
(NY Times Book Review, 1923)
This article lists a surprising number of American authors who had all found high levels of productivity in the city of Paris, both during the Great War and afterward:
“In Paris the American author seems to get the right perspective of his native land. Three thousand miles away he finds himself better able to interpret or criticize the land of the free. Permeated by the French atmosphere, he suddenly develops a huge interest in America, and this interest, in turn, expresses itself usually in the form of a novel.”
Rudyard Kipling
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1923)
Literary critic Philip Guedallia (1889 – 1944) reluctantly concluded that the contributions of Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) to the world of letters were genuine – and, no matter what you think of him, his writing will be around for a good while.
“He sharpened the English language to a knife-edge, and with it he has cut brilliant patterns on the surface of our prose literature.”
Marcel Proust
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1923)
In this column, art critic Clive Bell (1881 – 1964) explained why neither Britain or America would have been capable of producing a writer like Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922).
Marcel Proust
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1923)
In this column, art critic Clive Bell (1881 – 1964) explained why neither Britain or America would have been capable of producing a writer like Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922).
Banned Book$
(Coronet Magazine, 1964)
This is an article about the unintended consequences that ensue when the morality police ban books that, in their eye, will corrupt our youth and degrade society’s splendid ethical code. Time and again these books become bestsellers:
“In our own day, standards have changed so rapidly that books banned and burned only decades ago are now acceptable reading matter in our schools…[banned authors] are so respected that most college students are puzzled to learn of the trouble that greeted these books when originally published.”
A Bewildering American Phenomenon
(Scribner’s Magazine, 1937)
This well-read writer recalls the great novels leading up to the publication of Gone With The Wind (1936). Along the way, she lists some of the many foibles of The Great American Reading Public – in the end she recognizes that she shouldn’t have been surprised at all that the historic romance was an all-time-best-seller and that Margaret Mitchell was awarded a Pulitzer.