How many of the new American deniers that there was a Boston Marathon Massacre recently (those who declare that it was just a staged play, filmed as if it were real) were trained in American colleges by teachers who had grown up taught by New Critics who drummed into them that there is no such thing as real world fact? I look at Richard Brodhead and Andrew Delbanco who can deny the reality of Melville's completed, now lost, POEMS (1860) despite his 12-point memo to his brother Allan on the publication of his verses. If you call anyone crazy who denies that 9/11 happened or the new Boston Massacre happened, what do you call Brodhead and Delbanco?
The CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION in February chose to protect the deniers of POEMS. Where will it stand on the reality of the Boston Marathan Massacre, after a while? A staged event involving differing "editorial principles"?
The Academy has a lot to answer for in the corruption of thinking with evidence throughout all levels of our society.
The CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION in February chose to protect the deniers of POEMS. Where will it stand on the reality of the Boston Marathan Massacre, after a while? A staged event involving differing "editorial principles"?
The Academy has a lot to answer for in the corruption of thinking with evidence throughout all levels of our society.
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