SOURCE: "In the Beginning There Was Ross …," in Commonweal, Vol. CII, No. 8, July 4, 1978, pp. 247-48.
Woodcock is a Canadian educator, editor, and critic best known for his biographies of George Orwell and Thomas Merton. He also founded Canada's most important literary journal, Canadian Literature, and has written extensively on the literature of Canada. In the following excerpt, he offers an analysis of the influence of the New Yorker on American journalism and literature.
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