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Maybe, as Treglown suggests, "in a culture increasingly swayed by academic trends, Pritchett's standing was newly in question". Outside the academy, he remained a touchstone. He had always been, and always would be, revered by real writers as opposed to careerists and Eng lit mountebanks, and he brought out the best in other artists.
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A Man of the Century
Martin Amis wrote about him with devotion; to Gore Vidal, he was the best critic of "the living novel". GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT on one of literature's finest all-rounders
A man of the century V S Pritchett: a working life Jeremy Treglown Chatto & Windus, 308pp, £25Over the years, this magazine has known many ups and downs, vicissitudes and victories, grandeurs et servitudes, but there is one radiant moment which should be celebrated yearly. In 1927, a ...See the full content of this document
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