Word: aestheticism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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It could have been little more than a week ago--two weeks at the most--when the Vagabond found himself leaning back in a chair, tie loosened, sleeves rolled up, holding a book. He had the book in his lap, but reading he was not. He was Contemplating. Staring into...
It seemed to him that he had never been filled with such peculiar feelings. Conscious that his roommate would want to know where he had been, he did his best to account for the experience. But the moment was too full--thought was impossible and Vag found the new sensation...
When he speaks, he seems to be in agony of intensity. First his fist presses the table until he almost puts his entire weight on it; later his fingers grasp air with tenseness and tautness--early with violence. These mannerisms aren't superficial. They come out of a terrific absorption...
A member of the faculty asked, "Why must you always emphasize the obvious angle? Don't you know the Harvard student is more interested in the aesthetic values?"
Although Pierian's interest in the feminine sex is nothing new, it has not always been so aesthetic. In the earlier years of its existence, the Sodality regarded the serenading of Boston belles as one of its handsomest traditions. Lantern-lit expeditions of romance-bent musicians would start from Porter...