From: Anne Herbert <satya-AT-bradley.bradley.edu>
Subject: Re: bellow
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:36:04 -0500 (CDT)


I have searched my files since this thread appeared -- but still cannot
locate the article (either The New York Times Magazine or The Sunday
Chicago Tribune Magazine) in which Bellow comments on both the context of
this statement and the reactions to it. The article appeared shortly after
Bellow moved from U of Chicago to Boston U.  



> the reformulated context rang a bell for me ...
> see Charles Taylor MULTICULTURALISM AND THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION:
> 
> he writes ... "Saul Bellow is famously quoted as saying something like,
> 'When the Zulus produce a Tolstoy we will read him,' " (p42, 1992 ed.)
> 
> but with the following footnote:
> "I have no idea whether this statement was actually made in this form by
> Saul Bellow, or by anyone else.  I report it only because it captures a
> widespread attitude, which is, of course, why the story had currency in
> the first place."
> 
> perhaps someone else on the list has more info...
> Erin
> 
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