Social Taradiddles George du Maurier. Scanned image and text by George P. Landow [This image may be used without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose.]
Commentary: This is one of du Maurier's many satiric commentaries on the common combinations of pretentiousness with ignorance of the arts. It is also exemplifies the actions of what Michel Foucault terms the "author function," -- the process by which a name becomes a guarantee of supposed aesthetic quality and aesthetic homogeneity.
References
du Maurier, George. English Society. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1897.
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