Edmund Wilson writes on the influence of biblical language. The quote is apropos to our struggles over the language of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible:
“Here it is, that old tongue, with its clang and its flavor, sometimes rank, sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter; here it is in its concise solid stamp. Other cultures have felt its impact, and none–in the West, at least–seems quite to accommodate to it. Yet we find we have been living with it all our lives.”
A Piece of My Mind, Edmund Wilson, the 20th century’s most influential American literary critic.
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