Talk:Jacques Barzun

message: It is my recollection that Barzun's last book, that very odd production, was praised as much as it was in part because it was published posthumously - I don't have it in front of me at the moment, however. Thank you for putting Darwin, Marx and Wagner where it belongs, however. Septentrionalis 01:24, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see an obit on Lexis; I wonder what part of the publicity drew me to that conclusion. Septentrionalis 01:31, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As I noted on the above user's talk page, Barzun was invited to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the White House in 2003.  As additional corroboration, this site shows happy birthday emails sent to Barzun in 2002 on his 95th birthday. Some of them make reference to Barzun doing television interviews in promotion of From Dawn to Decadence. I feel confident in maintaining that Barzun is still with us, hence my reversion. Anyone with more information will, I hope, provide it, especially if I am in error and the article needs to be changed as Septen suggests. Jwrosenzweig 01:34, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Dated conversation

message: It is a pleasure to note. Profhum (talk) 10:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Six years later, still very much alive!

message: Much of this article appears lifted from Roger Kimball's review in the New Criterion, which appears here: [newcriterion.com/archive/18/jun00/barzun.htm].  I've flagged it for copyright inspection, but not changed it (though the violation seems pretty clear). Christopher M 20:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violation? 

message: Two reviews of From Dawn to Decadence added.Hodgson 19:55, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reviews added 

message: According to Who's Who in America, Barzun was born in Créteil, a suburb of Paris.  He did frequent Grenoble in his youth. LeoWong 19:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barzun birthplace 

message: The introduction to the article seems bizarre to me...as though "exposing the truth" about Barzun.  It certainly needs an NPOVing, and I think some fleshing out...if we're going to buck conventional wisdom, let's cite upfront the CW, and then be more clear about precisely what an NPOV on Barzun is and cite that.  If anyone wants to chime in, please do, but very soon I'm just going to wade in and see what can be done.  As a Barzun fan, though, I'm not a great neutral choice and I'd like some other eyes here. Jwrosenzweig 10:39, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Intro's tone

message: Can anyone tell me where I might find Barzun's argument that academic degrees should not be awarded in the performing arts? I remember reading that in a book by Barzun some years ago but don't have a clue which book it might be.  John Link 03:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Looking for a book

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 04:09, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I have nominated the article for the Recent Deaths ticker on ITN.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#Intellectual_Jacques_Barzun_dies_at_104  There are a lot of updaters, and I do not want to sort out so many judgment calls as to who did the most--so if you feel you are qualified, feel free to add yourself to the nom, first come first serve. μηδείς (talk) 16:26, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  ITN nomination for recent deaths