On The Decay Of Criticism TRUE CRIME Forty years ago

Forty years ago

the royal mistress was the surest counterpoint to the royal favorite

It was the sound of eighteen hundred airplanes approaching Hamburg from the south at an unimaginable height

Troy insists that he has changed for the better

On The Decay Of Criticism TRUE CRIME Forty years agoBest known for the sleek, sophisticated novels he wrote in the 1970s and '80s, W. M. Spackman was also a literary critic of formidable power and slashing wit. Gathered here are all the essays and reviews he published, including those that appeared in his 1967 book of essays On the Decay of Humanism. Ranging from ancient Greek and Latin literature to the latest poetry and novels, these brilliant essays argue that a work of literature should be