Criticism is the art we need most today. But not, don’t you see? not the “if I’d done it myself.” Yes, a, a disciplined nostalgia, disciplined recognitions but not, no, listen, what is the favor? (William Gaddis, The Recognitions, p. 335) In my musing about “American drama: A personal history,” Wyatt Gwyon’s stuttering half-formed thoughts [...]
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 10:39AM on September 18, 2011