Mark Simpson (1)
Autor/a de Saint Morrissey: A Portrait of This Charming Man by an Alarming Fan
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Obres de Mark Simpson
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Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Col·laborador — 45 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
Membres
Ressenyes
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 7
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 433
- Popularitat
- #56,454
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 36
- Llengües
- 2
- Preferit
- 1
But the final chapters were what stay with me. My takeout: misanthropy can be a highly moral act. If violence—cultural or physical—breeds more violence, a principled withdrawal from a world that provokes it can stop the cycle. At what cost to the misanthrope? Simpson gave me a sense that Morrissey knew what price he paid, and it was steep.
The author calls it a psychological biography, but it goes far beyond that. Cultural anthropology, literary criticism, and a political portrait of the time—Saint Morrissey rewards the reader on many levels.… (més)