http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/31/wo-es-war/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 10:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/31/wo-es-war/comment-page-1/#comment-55946 Doug Mon, 03 Jan 2005 08:09:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2712#comment-55946 Classic authors, bound in leather. Classic authors, bound in leather.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/31/wo-es-war/comment-page-1/#comment-55945 beowulf888 Mon, 03 Jan 2005 05:58:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2712#comment-55945 So what's all this shite and bombast in response to what I thought was a legitimate question? Obviously I've stepped into an ongoing feud (somebody needs a cookie and nap!). Thanks for answering my question, Wufnik. BTW: I had read _Geography of the Imagination_ but didn't associate it with the Davenport under discussion. I guess he didn't make much of an impression on me ;-) cheers, --Beo So what’s all this shite and bombast in response to what I thought was a legitimate question? Obviously I’ve stepped into an ongoing feud (somebody needs a cookie and nap!). Thanks for answering my question, Wufnik. BTW: I had read Geography of the Imagination but didn’t associate it with the Davenport under discussion. I guess he didn’t make much of an impression on me ;-) cheers,—Beo

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/31/wo-es-war/comment-page-1/#comment-55944 wufnik Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:06:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2712#comment-55944 Simple--Guy Davenport is the most important literary and cultural critic in the US right now--and has been for a number of years. Start with The Geography of the Imagination, then move on to Every Force Evolves a Form, and then on to The Hunter Gracchus. The fiction is odd stuff, I'll admit, but often beguiling--but it's as a critic that Davenport has made his mark, and will be remembered long after people are asking "Who was Susan Sontag?". Simple—Guy Davenport is the most important literary and cultural critic in the US right now—and has been for a number of years. Start with The Geography of the Imagination, then move on to Every Force Evolves a Form, and then on to The Hunter Gracchus. The fiction is odd stuff, I’ll admit, but often beguiling—but it’s as a critic that Davenport has made his mark, and will be remembered long after people are asking “Who was Susan Sontag?”.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/31/wo-es-war/comment-page-1/#comment-55943 Delicious pundit Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:48:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2712#comment-55943 But I don't know enough about...actually, I was going to use Marcion and the Gnostic heretics, but really I don't know enough about <i>anything</i> to read Guy Davenport. But I don’t know enough about…actually, I was going to use Marcion and the Gnostic heretics, but really I don’t know enough about anything to read Guy Davenport.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/31/wo-es-war/comment-page-1/#comment-55942 beowulf888 Sat, 01 Jan 2005 06:54:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2712#comment-55942 OK, I'll bite. Who is Guy Davenport? OK, I’ll bite. Who is Guy Davenport?

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