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The Belligerent Humanist
Kearns, George | March 16, 1985 issue

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The article discusses the book "The Innocent Eye: On Modern Literature and the Arts," by Roger Shattuck. The author uses a vocabulary that younger critics, less secure or less belligerently humanistic, would never dare employ for fear of sounding naive. The opening essay, with its tendentious title, "Having Congress: The Shame of the Thirties," is a brilliant re-creation of a chapter in modern cultural history. His essay is based on extensive research, aided by the lucky find of some obscure newspaper clippings and press releases.

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INNOCENT Eye, The (Book); BOOKS -- Evaluation; SHATTUCK, Roger; VOCABULARY; CIVILIZATION -- History; PRESS releases
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