A Voice from the Attic
Robertson Davies
- A
- collection
- of
- essays
- “filled
- with
- pleasantly
- rambling
- opinions
- about
- everything
- from
- self-help
- books
- to
- erotica”
- from
- the
- celebrated
- Canadian
- author
- (The
- Chronicle
- Journal).An
- urbane,
- robust,
- and
- wonderfully
- opinionated
- voice
- from
- Canada,
- sometimes
- called
- “America’s
- attic,”
- speaks
- here
- of
- the
- delights
- of
- reading,
- and
- of
- what
- mass
- education
- has
- done
- to
- readers
- today,
- to
- taste,
- to
- books,
- to
- culture.
- With
- his
- usual
- wit
- and
- breadth
- of
- vision,
- Robertson
- Davies
- ranges
- through
- the
- world
- of
- letters—books
- renowned
- and
- obscure,
- old
- and
- recent;
- English,
- Irish,
- Canadian,
- and
- American
- writers
- both
- forgotten
- and
- fondly
- remembered.“Sweet
- reason
- in
- the
- raiment
- of
- well-woven
- prose?
- Most
- assuredly.
- Good
- humor
- agraze
- over
- broad
- literary
- demesnes?
- No
- doubt
- of
- it.
- Forgotten
- popular
- favorites
- rescued
- and
- rehabilitated?
- Certainly.
- A
- parade
- of
- agreeable
- prejudices?
- He
- would
- not
- be
- a
- true
- Canadian
- if
- he
- did
- not
- have
- them.
- Lightheartedness
- where
- needed?
- Yes.
- Seriousness
- where
- it
- counts?
- Yes.
- Wit,
- satirical
- touches,
- firm
- indignations,
- sound
- sense,
- good
- taste,
- judiciousness,
- cosmopolitan
- breadth
- of
- view,
- urbanity,
- sanity,
- unexpected
- eccentricities,
- educated
- humanism?
- By
- all
- means.
- It
- is
- indeed
- by
- all
- these
- means
- and
- more
- that
- this
- book
- of
- essays
- and
- observations
- bestows
- its
- multiple
- benefactions,
- and
- anyone
- picking
- it
- up
- is
- bound
- north
- to
- pleasure
- and
- profit.”—The
- New
- York Times
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