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The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligensia, 1880-1939 (Paperback)

by John Carey (Author)

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Paperback: 246 pages
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publications; New edition edition (15 Aug 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0897335074
ISBN-13: 978-0897335072
Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 1.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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John Carey analyses the elitist view of some of the most highly respected literary icons of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This book, as described in his preface, "is about the response of the English literary intelligensia to the new phenomenon of mass culture." This devastating attack on the intellectuals exposes the loathing which the mass of humanity ignited in many of the virtual founders of modern culture: Ezra Pound, James Joyce, E M Forster, Virginia Woolf, T S Eliot and others. Professor Carey compares their detestation of common humanity to Nietzche, whose philosophy helped to create the atmosphere leading to the rise of Adolph Hitler.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, 1 Aug 2006

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A very well-written book full of fascinating details. A few criticisms: I would have preferred a chronological approach, to show how attitudes had changed over the period covered - this is only approximated by the ordering of material, ending with Hitler and covering postmodernism in the postscript; occasional lapses into subjective language are unworthy of the author; a failure to recognise that Joyce not only wrote about the 'common man' but was happy to associate with him, suggesting that his prolix style was not simply the result of a desire to be 'exclusive' (and to say this is true of others is a bit simplistic). The treatment of Orwell also seemed a bit unfair, and did Nietzsche really have less subtlety and imagination than DH Lawrence? I would agree with the central thesis - that to view 'the masses' as a uniformly subhuman group is an arrogant fallacy. But surely it's valid to be critical of and frustrated by the mass media that pander to the lowest common denominator, even if their audience are, individually, more intelligent than what they read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars surprisingly funny, 24 Oct 2007

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This is probably politically incorrect but I found this book very funny in parts as it mirrors to some extent contemporary concerns about dumbing down. The shock & outrage (described by John Carey) felt by the intelligentsia at the thought of (for instance) the working class being encouraged to read is funny but also very chilling and echoes many of the ill informed leaders carried by many (so called) newspapers 100 years later. A thought provoking and unsettling read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A book that gives an answer to the way we are, 16 Jun 1999

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John Carey has given us an insight to the reason why we are the way we are. Prejudice has always been a part of this country's social fabric and the middle classes are as guilty as the ignorant working class that is made to bear the blame. This is a book that is interesting to read as the writer carefully unravels the class myth and gives us an answer to many questions that we did not even know to ask. This was a liberating read for me and I would have easily given it the five crown if some of the people I gave it to had not found it hard going. But this is the situation in a mentally lazy society where we are made to feed off baby spoons through pop culture, that ensures that we remain unaware in a world that is increasingly looking like that magic phrase: The More You Look, The Less You See.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The 'Intellectual Elites' view YOU the masses with fear & suspicion.
Carey is an excellent author (and speaker) he never gets over heated, pompous or partisan.
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