Bibliophobe

Now, the author of this book is probably the world's greatest bibliophobe, having ordered the burning of many books and having again and again placed himself on record against intellectuals including writers.

Wordsworth’s genius is fully honoured, but he is also the proud bibliophobe - sacrilegiously cutting open precious pages with a used butter-knife on the kitchen table - as well as the supremely competent manager of his own interests.

The bibliophobe, therefore, becomes a problem for bookmen only when he is active, as I shall now proceed to show.