{"id":38858,"date":"2012-09-20T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=38858"},"modified":"2013-01-31T12:53:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T17:53:36","slug":"object-lesson-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/object-lesson-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Object Lesson: Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/objectlessonstrim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38685\" title=\"objectlessonstrim\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/objectlessonstrim-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/objectlessonstrim-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/objectlessonstrim.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you may recall from prior bulletins, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250005981\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1250005981&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=theparrev0f-20\" target=\"new\"><em>Object Lessons:<\/em> The Paris Review <em>Presents the Art of the Short Story<\/em><\/a>, the editors approached twenty contemporary writers, presented them with our vast fiction archive, and asked them to write an introduction to their favorite short story. And did they deliver: the anthology is not just a great collection, but a veritable primer on what makes this medium work. Today\u2019s quiz: Can you guess who wrote the following selection?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I always noted this tablet to the boys on their first day in my classroom, partly to inform them of their predecessor at St. Benedict\u2019s, and partly to remind them of the great ambition and conquest that had been utterly forgotten centuries before they were born. Afterwards I had one of them recite, from the wall where it hung above my desk, Shelley\u2019s \u201cOzymandias.\u201d It is critical for any man of import to understand his own insignificance before the sands of time, and this is what my classroom always showed the boys. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250005981\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250005981&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=theparrev0f-20\" target=\"new\">Find out<\/a>! 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