John Ivan Simon
Auteur van Paradigms Lost: Reflections on Literacy and Its Decline
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1925-05-12
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Subotica, Serbia
- Opleiding
- Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
- Beroepen
- literary critic
theatre critic
film critic
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- 7
- Leden
- 394
- Populariteit
- #61,534
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 7
- ISBNs
- 24
These essays span such topics as writers, linguists, the performing arts, the media, and more. His comments are biting and to the point; here is an example:
"In the beginning was the word, But by the time the second word was added to it, there was trouble. For with it came syntax, the thing that tripped up so many people. And they're tripping up more than ever today."("Authors Without Fear or Shame", p. 111)
It is an eclectic collection of elegant prose that will leave you wanting to read more criticism from the pen of John Simon.… (meer)