CHAPTER NINETEEN

IN CONCLUSION: THE NEED FOR A NEW ENLIGHTENMENT

[p. 282] For the Robert Lowell quotation, see Walter Kirn, «The Passion of Robert Lowell», New York Times, June 26, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/books/review/26KIR-NL.html.

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