Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Writing to the moment
Paulin hears Edward's voice in reading his sentences. There is a lot of truth to this, for his cadences were unique and memorable. Perhaps Paulin should have said more about Edward's intellectual toughness. He was not only implacable but angry, would learn as well as assert.
I like very much Paulin's citation from Orientalism as an instance of Edward's affection for Hazlitt, something no one else seems to mention. Once, Spanos taught me something about old Hazlitt, too. Such figures are intellectual references almost no more. Who recalls, for example, Hazlitt on 'gusto' as an important critical moment?
Saturday, September 25, 2004
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