One of the first critics to take genre fiction seriously, he sang the praises of Henry James' tale "The Other House" in his The Delights of Detection.
One of the first critics to take genre fiction seriously, he sang the praises of Henry James' tale "The Other House" in his The Delights of Detection. This was followed by his indictment of academic fads in The House of Intellect. Other works find him defending the literary merits of De Profundis in "The Permanence of Oscar Wilde," analyzing the work of Alexander Kinglake in "When the Orient was New," and writing about the passing of his friend and colleague in the essay "Remembering Lionel Trilling." His first work was Race: A Study in Modern Superstition, but his most popular work was a 2000 bestseller, subtitled "500 Years of Western Cultural Life." For ten points identify this man of letters and author of From Dawn to Decadence.
One of the first critics to take genre fiction seriously, he sang the praises of Henry James' tale "The Other House" in his The Delights of Detection.
Jacques {Barzun}