Jacques Barzun, the great cultural historian who died at age 104 - TopicsExpress



          

Jacques Barzun, the great cultural historian who died at age 104 last year, taped a wide-ranging interview three years prior to his death. Will post a link to it ASAP. Barzun taught at Columbia University for some 50 years. His first language was French, but he became an authority on modern English usage. And he was a superb writer, a true master of English prose; he always revised his work repeatedly, striving always to clarify and strengthen his arguments, while making it all the more pleasurable to read --
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:53:07 +0000

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