Word: 20th
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...want novels to begin on page one," novelist John Irving told a Lowell House audience last night. "I have a 20th century impatience...
...like the vulgarity of the 20th century," he added. "It's good for literature." Irving went on to complain of the "prudery and priggishness" which he said hampered much 19th-century literature. He added that today, the fiction printed in The New Yorker suffers from a similar "guise of good taste...
...like 19th century novels," said Irving, adding that too many 20th century writers have given up on character and narrative, two qualities he admires in past writers...
...project is meant to be "a real indictment of the European tradition--of the structure, the method, the burial of thought." The inhabitants of the 13 towers represent individuals caught in pre-ordained social and political roles, locked in historic ritual. The inhabitant of the modern house personifies the 20th-century argument for an escape from history--yet the system subsumes him along with the others. Finally, the citizen who refused to participate must live in a two-dimensional house. Cut off from human contact, he must at the same time live under the constant scrutiny of others...
...that they would freeze theirs at existing levels, which average about $32. The Saudis, however, also announced that they will continue to produce 9.5 million bbl. per day, thus maintaining the market pressure for lower prices. The proposed quarterly increases of oil prices will be discussed further at a 20th anniversary summit meeting of OPEC countries in Baghdad in November...