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Department of Public Criticism The Work of Frank Belknap Long, Jr. It is always a bit dangerous to hail an amateur spirit which seems to overtop the general level. That general level is so fastidiously jealous of its dignity, and so terribly quick to pounce on enthusiasts with its nasal accusations of ulterior motives and interested partiality! Wintry-blooded, elephant-footed, the blind suspiciousness of literary senescence and stagnation will ever be with us to cry “puffing”, quote old saws,, and snicker out of court the subtleties it cannot understand. But because we have a civilised eleme …
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Entourage — Frank Belknap Long (2)