Lion Among Daniels
‘THE first session of "The Reader Takes Over’ "went down like junket," to quote one participant’s description of Rose Macaulay’s own style, but, palatability of the session was the result of careful planning, which preserved cerebral content without sacrificing the appearance of spontaneity. The session is an attempt by a professional
‘reviewer (Daniel George) and several interested amateurs to see if their idea of what the author means coincides with the author’s own purpose, to get behind ‘the publisher’s blurb and find out what makes the literary wheels go round. The interviewers were all sympathetic towards Miss Macaulay and her works, and their comments were surprisingly illuminating. The only-one who had anything harsh to say was Miss Macaulay herself, who announced sweepingly that, despite her works on E. M. Forster and Milton, she had no critical faculty. She was of course not allowed to get away with it. The Reader Knows Best.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 506, 4 March 1949, Page 8
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155Lion Among Daniels New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 506, 4 March 1949, Page 8
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