Paul Fussell

[Keith Davis]

The Crisis of Reason: European Thought,
1848-1914<http://www.amazon.com/The-Crisis-Reason-European-1848-1914/dp/0300097182/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337986036&sr=1-2>
by
J. W. Burrow<http://www.amazon.com/J.-W.-Burrow/e/B001HORGTG/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1337986036&sr=1-2>
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Matthew Cissell <macissell at yahoo.es> wrote:

> If I may be so bold, another fine book to read alongside of Pynchon is
> J.W. Burrow's "The Age of Reason: 1848 - 1914". Not so focused on the GReat
> war, but rather the intellectual trends and systems of thought that gave
> rise to the horror of the 20th c.
>
> MC Otis
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> To: "“pynchon-l at waste.org“" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:14 PM
> Subject: Paul Fussell
>
> Paul Fussell died this week
>
> the great war and modern memory--yes, we love that book here
>
> "By the end of the day both sides had seen, in a sad scrawl of broken
> earth and murdered men, the answer to the question. No road. No
> thoroughfare. Neither race had won, nor could win, the war. The War
> had won, and would go on winning."
>
> rich
>



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