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“American literature needs a more modest aesthetic of the long poem, a less chauvinistic theory that does not vainly seek the great at the expense of the good and genuine.” (29)

“A society whose intellectual leaders lose the skill to shape, appreciate, and understand the power of language will become the slaves of those who retain it—be they politicians, preachers, copywriters, or newscasters.”

What about making a graphic-novel from this book? I do think it would be a good idea