Only a Blockhead posted Audubon, Keats-in-America, Dr. Knox, and the Phoenix | Aug 27, 2008
Avram Davidson makes some "conjectures on the factual foundations of several ancient legends," and in doing so gives us essays that are so packed with learning and wit that we haven't seen their like since the death of his friend (they corresponded, but never met) Guy Davenport. Davidson's prose...