Critical Views On Design Writing
The varying opinions on Praz’s design work can be seen in the writings of Cyril Connolly and Edmund Wilson. Whilst Wilson praised Praz’s work as a “masterpiece”, Connolly states that “The House of Life is one of the most boring books I have ever read…its unbelievably exhausting…it has a bravura of boredom, an audacity of ennui that makes one hardly believe one's eyes”.
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