Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Leo Damrosch
Born: 1941 (age 83)
Bio: Leo Damrosch is an American author and professor. In 2001, he was named the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard University. He received a B.A. from Yale University, an M.A.
Known for:
- Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World (2013)
- Jean Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius (2005)
- Tocqueville's Discovery of America (2010)
- The sorrows of the Quaker Jesus (1996)