Commentary
Short of totalitarian censors, literature has few enemies as redoubtable as modern literary scholarship—many of whom probably aspire to be totalitarian censors.
Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III, an engraving, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932/CC0 1.0
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Theodore Dalrymple
Author
Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
