“To allude negligently to Kafka, Yeats, Proust, Stendhal, or St. John of the Cross in a tone of of-course-you-know-them is canonical for Mademoiselle contributors, whatever the topic in hand.”

—  Mary McCarthy

"Up the Ladder from Charm to Vogue", p. 186
On the Contrary: Articles of Belief 1946–1961 (1961)

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