tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post1863586629921168741..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: "More and more stuff about the same people"Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-22769082018438019892010-07-21T22:50:27.723-04:002010-07-21T22:50:27.723-04:00I'm reminded of Eliot's putdown of Dryden,...I'm reminded of Eliot's putdown of Dryden, that "For all his prodigious intelligence, Dryden had a commonplace mind." Would like to be able to say the same thing less judgmentally, so I approve of "cognitive processing styles." Naively one might think impatience is the key -- e.g. cows couldn't write thrillers. But if that were all, one would expect Richard Price to be a better describer than he is.<br /><br />(NB my word verification thing for this post is "rearsit." Strangest one I've had so far.)Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.com