Thursday, January 05, 2006

Beerbohm: Sundaram v. Epstein

Sundaram appears to think and write just like Joseph Epstein. Surely this will be the biggest plagiarism scandal since Stephen Ambrose.

Beerbohm was primarily and always an ironist, a comedian, an amused observer standing on the sidelines with a smile and a glass of wine in his hand. G.K. Chesterton said of him that "he does not indulge in the base idolatry of believing in himself."
Joseph Epstein. "The Beerbohm Cult" in The Weekly Standard, 11/11/2002, LINK

Beerbohm was primarily and always an ironist, a comedian, an amused observer standing on the sidelines with a smile and a glass of wine in his hand. G K Chesterton rightly observed that 'he does not indulge in the base idolatry of believing in himself'.
V. Sundaram. "The incomparable Max Beerbohm" in India's News Today, 1/4/2006, LINK

2 comments:

Nick Milne said...
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Nick Milne said...

Stupid software doing things it wasn't meant to. D:

Anyway, I've written a brief message to Mr. Sundaram. No doubt we shall see a fascinating reply.