Reviews for Robert Therrien

The average rating for Robert Therrien based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-15 00:00:00 Daniel M Witz As a man in his thirties who worries that he's drifting into early-onset conservatism, I was cheered to discover that I could still violently disagree with many of the bow-tied little dweebs who write for this rag. And it's not even that I disagree with their ideas so much as I'm revolted by the sniffy, elitist, ungenerous tone in which those ideas are expressed. Their kind of donnish contempt for popular culture - Roger Kimball, the editor, speaks sneeringly of 'demotic inanities' - is enough in itself to get me to throw down my briefcase and pry up the nearest paving stone. When that same Kimball quotes approvingly, in one essay, T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis and Evelyn Waugh, well, it doesn't take you long to figure out what particular species of bastard you're dealing with. To be fair, though, I have to give a shout-out here (if you'll pardon the colloquialism, Roger) to Eric Ormsby and William Logan, the former for his sensitive and scholarly review of Robert Alter's translation of the Pentateuch, and the latter for an appreciation of Robert Frost that was so wise, so plain wonderful, that I wanted to jump up and go read some Frost - which is not a craving that comes over me very often. Thanks, guys, for relieving the gloom and letting in some air.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-09-16 00:00:00 Lorraine Worthley There really is no reading involved. This is a cool little book with a lot of little nice paintings to look at.