savage

Harold Bloom talked about how our culture is losing/ has lost the capacity to read certain literature. One writer I think that applies to is Thomas Mann. I know that his novels are works of genius, but they're just too ponderous and slow moving for me, and I think that's because of the torrent of information and stimuli that is just a normal part of life now. I've been reduced to what Wordsworth called a 'state of savage torpor'.