tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post6586355948542493444..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Charles Lamb to Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Certain Theological Propositions (1798)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-43519952107390793722011-05-18T00:07:43.623-07:002011-05-18T00:07:43.623-07:00Curtis,
For anyone who has ever harboured suspici...Curtis,<br /><br />For anyone who has ever harboured suspicions concerning the experiential veracity of the propositions and speculations of theoretical authorities, this letter of Lamb's would do well as a classic model of the common-sense rebuttal. Considering the tendencies to the inflated and the pretentious in Coleridge's thought, no one could be more vulnerable to such a brilliantly sly satiric attack. One also admires Lamb's bravery in writing it. To read the letter now is to understand how much we need someone of equivalent brilliance, wit and courage to poke fun at the theoretical zeppelins of the present. Alas, however, literary criticism at this level of keenness and sheer fun no longer exists.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-59595609628066185582011-05-17T14:41:42.605-07:002011-05-17T14:41:42.605-07:00I just read up on the history of these Certain The...I just read up on the history of these Certain Theological Propositions and, although context is of course essential to understanding the full meanings of things, I just found this very, very charming and amusing. I wish my own daily correspondence were all of this high level of excellence. (Actually, sometimes it's pretty satisfactory; I just ignore the things I know will annoy me until a later moment when I think I can face them.) The miniature is gorgeous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com