I also agree with you, Kevin. Your post is well-thought out and critically written, of which many of us can only hope to understand. You must have known there would be naysayers and denigrators, and you wrote to us anyway. Listen to the naysayers, as they have voice also, and for no other reason than to bolster the strength of your own opinion.

By using critical thinking and critical process, you can see right from wrong and open from closed mindedness. Evidently critical process hasn't come yet to those who rely on 20th century English literature for their academic and intellectual development.