The Virginia Quarterly Review, April 1st, 2004
Lessons of the Masters, by George Steiner. Harvard, November 2003. $19.95
You know that guy at cocktail parties who just starts talking and never stops, the one who quotes philosopher after writer after philosopher, all to no point at all but to impress you with what he knows? That guy is named George Steiner, and in the last decade he has written a number of books which carry forward the project of seeking to get people to think he's a deep thinker. This is disappointing-no, frustrating-on several levels. First of all, Steiner has a mind able to grasp important and interesting questions, tho...
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