An interview with Joyce Carol Oates, Nicholas Kristof's polemic op-ed in the NYT, Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil, and a round-up of this week's articles and essays.
Oates and Weil in the same essay?? Immediate subscribe.
"I’m particularly curious about William Hazlitt’s take on John Milton, so I bought The Spirit of Controversy and Other Essays. A lot of times I find I have these gaps in reading from not having studied literature in school, Hazlitt is mentioned so many times it’s time I take it on."
I feel this acutely; I always wanted to study Literature in school but at the time I foolishly believed that undergraduate studies were going to have some determining effect on the kind of job I had and the kind of person I was going to be. Anyway: I actually picked up "On the Pleasure of Hating" by Hazlitt not too long ago and need to get around to it. Irresistible title.
Oates and Weil in the same essay?? Immediate subscribe.
"I’m particularly curious about William Hazlitt’s take on John Milton, so I bought The Spirit of Controversy and Other Essays. A lot of times I find I have these gaps in reading from not having studied literature in school, Hazlitt is mentioned so many times it’s time I take it on."
I feel this acutely; I always wanted to study Literature in school but at the time I foolishly believed that undergraduate studies were going to have some determining effect on the kind of job I had and the kind of person I was going to be. Anyway: I actually picked up "On the Pleasure of Hating" by Hazlitt not too long ago and need to get around to it. Irresistible title.
🤍 thank you! please circle back if you have a chance to read it, I would love to hear your thoughts… so far I am completely taken by him.
You should come see the Milton—Meeeel-ton—bust on my street.
Meeel-ton à Paris? Where? I want to come see it
Thanks so much for the link.