is irrational has been adopted by other writers,either following Stove's politically conservative attack on liberal thought, or Wilson's critique of modernism.

Notes

Literature

*Stove, D., The Plato Cult and other Philosophical follies, Blackwell, 1991
*Wilson, S., "Monsters and monstrosities: grotesque taste and Victorian design", in Trodd, Colin, et al. (eds.), Victorian Culture and the Idea of the Grotesque, Ashgate, 1999