Quote of the day
Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.
Frederick Crews
Born: February 20, 1933
Died: June 21, 2024 (aged 91)
Bio: Frederick Campbell Crews was an American essayist and literary critic. Professor emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley, Crews is the author of numerous books, including The Tragedy of Manners: Moral Drama in the Later Novels of Henry James and E. M. Forster: The Perils of Humanism (1962).
Known for:
- Pooh Perplex (1963)
- Postmodern Pooh (2001)
- The Memory Wars (1995)
- Follies of the Wise (2006)
- Skeptical Engagements (1986)







