From a 1925 review of TS Eliot's poetry, published in the Guardian's Eliot booklet yesterday.
'Some critics find learning in The Waste Land, but we cannot think that an acquaintance with The Golden Bough, Verlaine, Nerval, St Augustine, Marvell, Kyd, Virgil and Dante displays any deep erudition.'
Don't you wish you knew what the author of the review would regard as erudite?!
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Pedants' corner
Not pedantry exactly, but I thought you lot would appreciate this
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RosaIsRed · 12/03/2008 21:23
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