Re: The troubles

[twayburn@juno.com (Thomas L Wayburn)]

On Thu, 9 Oct 1997 01:03:19 -0400 Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@mindspring.com>
writes:
"Your reading list doesn't strike me as one that will bring in many 
> takers, even among the scholarly community."   It isn't even the
beginning of a reading list.  It's just what I happen to read lately and
some drama and poetry that it reminded me of, but what can be removed
from a list of such great writers?   It strikes me that any scholar in
the liberal arts who had not read everything on *that* list isn't a
scholar.  But, you have aroused my curiosity.  Could you give me some
examples of what quasi-intelligent people *do* read nowadays?    "Please,
God, don't let it be Tom Clancy."   

Bloom wrote that it was impossible to get a liberal education in the U.S.
nowadays.  In fact, there was no one to impart it.
Bye for now / Tom
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