The Morality of Literature
One of the curious things in the peculiar world of public morality is the occasional flare of outrage over “bad” books. It isn’t just the fact that book burning is a [Read More]
The Incensed Professor
Taste and the Sanior Pars
In the old days, before “long-haired music” came to mean the Beatles, those unfortunates who did not like “classical music” would just shrug and say that they were [Read More]
The Incensed Professor No. 3: Curiosity
I am pretty sure I will get some querulous e-mails after my opinions about students as modern barbarians, if anyone paid attention. The anonymity of social media is a great [Read More]
The incensed professor No. 2: Incurious Barbarians
P. Cavafy, the great 20th century Greek poet who lived much of his life in Alexandria, wrote a masterpiece called “Waiting for the Barbarians.” In it, a highly civilized [Read More]
The Incensed Professor: An Introduction
Join us as we welcome a new blogger to PluggedInto - The Incensed Professor! [Read More]
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