Jul 5, 2009

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D. H. Lawrence on Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Novels

Chapter 5 of  Studies in Classic American LiteratureIn his Leatherstocking books, Fenimore is off on another track. He is no longer concerned with social white Americans that buzz with pins through them, buzz loudly against every mortal thing except the pin itself. The pin of the Great Ideal.One gets irritated with Cooper because he never for once snarls at the Great Ideal Pin...

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Jul 4, 2009

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D. H. Lawrence on Benjamin Franklin

Chapter 2 of  Studies in Classic American LiteratureThe Perfectibility of Man! Ah heaven, what a dreary theme! The perfectibility of the Ford car! The perfectibility of which man? I am many men. Which of them are you going to perfect? I am not a mechanical contrivance.Education! Which of the various me’s do you propose to educate, and which do you propose to...

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