Thursday, May 24, 2012

Paul Fussell, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: Paul Fussell, the wide-ranging, stingingly opinionated literary scholar and cultural critic whose admiration for Samuel Johnson, Kingsley Amis and the Boy Scout Handbook and his withering scorn for the romanticization of war, the predominance of television and much of American society were dispensed in more than 20 books, died on Wednesday in Medford, Ore. He was 88.


Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

1 comment:

George said...

I've read a half-dozen of Paul Fussell's books. Excellent writer.