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...catalogue, are billed as teaching us primarily approaches to a particular field and only incidentally material from the field itself. Most undergraduates of my acquaintance are, in fact, quite good at figuring things out for themselves and would be able to extrapolate approaches to literature in general from "English 140b: The Age of Johnson" or "Latin 110: Neronian Literature...
...English 140b, which has an enrollment of 280 this term, has traditionally been one of the most popular courses on campus. Bate "seems to establish a sense of intimacy in such a large course. Many people who don't take the course come to the lectures," Bando said...
Walter Jackson Bate '39, Lowell Professor of the Humanities, is recovering from a stroke he suffered last Tuesday and will be unable to lecture in English 140b, "The Age of Johnson," for the rest of the term. James T. Engell '73, assistant professor of English, who will take over Bate's classes, made the announcement to a stunned class yesterday...
Bate is best known among Harvard students for English 140b, his extremely popular course on the literature of the late 18th century. "Mr. Bate blends a real knowledge of the subject with an ability to express it well, which is quite rare," said Joel A. Bando, a grader for 140b...
Anyone who ever sat through a lecture in English 140b, "The Age of Johnson," had to expect it. Last week, the awards committee down at Columbia made it official, awarding Walter Jackson Bate '39, Lowell Professor of the Humanities, a Pulitzer Prize for his massive biography, "Samuel Johnson...