tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post7745050346564860162..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Natural, Expressive, Wholesome Vulgarity'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-77102273714790147662013-01-16T18:36:09.906-06:002013-01-16T18:36:09.906-06:00How interesting that Barzun surfaced in your readi...How interesting that Barzun surfaced in your reading recently: I'm midway through Barzun's amazing <i>A Stroll with William James</i>, and just today added to the top (rather than to the bottom) of my "to be read" list Barzun's <i>From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life</i>, which I have sampled enough of to know that its elegant, magisterial (but non-pompous) style will bring me hours of pleasure and much painless edification. Barzun died last year (at age 104!), and we've lost one of our major prose stylists; luckily, he left behind many books for us Barzun lovers to track down. Thank you for holding up his name to your readers!Cal Goughhttp://www.atlantareader.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com