Revived because a portion of his (immense) journals were published.
I read the John Lewis Gaddis Pulitzer Prize-winning bio two years ago and was impressed; the man was a giant. He represented a tradition that has since died: the diplomat who thought and wrote, who influenced the course of history and lived long enough (and lived, and lived) to see his ideas proven but their subtleties effaced. Kennan wanted to write a biography of Chekhov, he admired him so. The quality of his prose honored Chekhov.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 March 2014 02:13 (twelve years ago)