Nothing is uglier—or less persuasive—than a sneering review.
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Twain/Cooper was life-changing for me.
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One of the funniest disses ever written. And yet I read Cooper in a graduate class and it generated a lot of good discussion about early America and foundational myths.
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Sneer is an interesting word. It’s always pejorative so, sure, that can’t be good. And a sneer is never witty. But many great critics have written superbly witty, yet negative reviews. Obviously
@JamesWolcott comes to mind.@walterkirn wrote a classic about re James “Vicar” Wood.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Edward Said on Samuel Huntington.
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