Trousered apes: A study in the influence of literature on contemporary society;

by Duncan Williams

"Here in England, [this] book began by being more or less bootlegged. Few reviewers noticed it (an honorable exception being C.P. Snow, who dealt with it at length), bookshops didn't stock it, the trade and the literary establishment left it severely alone. The reason is obvious. 'Trousered Apes' (the title is taken from C.S. Lewis) is a cogently argued, highly intelligent and devastatingly effective anatomisation of what passes for culture today, showing that it is nihilistic in purpose, ethically and spiritually vacuous, and Gadarene in destination." Malcolm Muggeridge

Genres: History

132 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Vittorio]

A ludicrous, overwrought diatribe against 20th century art and civilization from a far right viewpoint. If Rush Limbaugh was a literary/cultural critic this is the kind of stuff he would write. It's so bad that I am kind of obsessed with it, and I have checked it out countless times.

[Douglas Wilson]

Pretty good.