"Wolfe was wrong to mock Modernism as purely utilitarian, and to let its worst abuses speak for the entire genre. ... What Wolfe got right — and it's a criticism that still rings true today — is his skewering of what can be an insular, snotty, tone-deaf culture, from the almost religious zealotry of the early days of Modernism to now."
Article source here:Arts Journal
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