tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551289016149454816.post5954925977187616240..comments2023-07-29T03:41:49.742-07:00Comments on The Tropes of Tenth Street: Anthony Powell's Afternoon MenNicholas Birnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352955651694124463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551289016149454816.post-31335629784966477782014-06-14T19:01:59.603-07:002014-06-14T19:01:59.603-07:00Just because you say a book is not antisemitic doe...Just because you say a book is not antisemitic doesn't mean that it isn't antisemitic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289469271632512792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6551289016149454816.post-45454965532183546422012-04-11T13:37:11.675-07:002012-04-11T13:37:11.675-07:00When I read it I thought -as someone said of the D...When I read it I thought -as someone said of the Dance sequence- it has no spiritual dimension. It is journalistic: very funny in all its scenes and brilliant dialogue but with little explicit didactic aim. None of these characters have inner lives except insofar as they are needed to show their vacuousness. There is nobody to aspire to, save Verelst, the man of action who is very seldom present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com