Daggers Drawn

[Dave Monroe]

E-texts of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Vol. I–XCIV (1817–1863):

http://www.thebrontes.net/reading/bm-etexts#contents

On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Book reviewing, we can all agree, has lost its serrated edge.
> Literary critics were once legislators who ripped the masks from
> charlatans and hailed our future leaders, but today's reviewers are
> more concerned with watching their backs than sharpening their pens.
> The bloodbath has become a featherbed.
>
> "Two centuries ago, in the glory days of the literary magazine, the
> critic was regarded as a superior being...."
>
> [...]
>
> http://www.literaryreview.co.uk/wilson_06_15.php
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