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Am I missing something, or are the grammatical mistakes, typos and factual errors in Barra's review intentional?
--Albert and Alfred Einstein were NOT brothers.
--"Montesque" is, I assume, the French writer Montesqieu.
--Here Barra is quoting James: "There is no reasons except imminent death for the cacophonous parade to stop." Is this Barra's mistake, or James's?
Good criticism, and good metacriticism, would seem to me to thrive on careful reading and writing. I can't really evaluate Barra's take on James, let alone James's ideas themselves, with this kind of carelessness undercutting his aticle.