"Some of the things [Nabokov] says about the Russian language are inaccurate." Man, Edmund Wilson didn't suffer from excessive modesty.
@rortybomb Wilson became increasingly cranky in old age (as happens!). Patriotic Gore has a neo-confederate tinge.
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@HeerJeet@rortybomb Seemed more like a Gore Vidal "little America" sort of inclination -
@hschrader@rortybomb There's something to that. Vidal also complained a lot about taxes.
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