Word: berge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Committee on Women's Studies, a special group commissioned by the Faculty Council last spring, is investigating the possibility of incorporating a women's studies course into the Core Curriculum, Jennifer R. Berg '81, a member of the committee, said this week...
Works of Liszt, Wolf, Schumann and Berg played by Marguerite Coughlin, Sabra Loomis and Alvin Novak. At Adams House Lower Common Room, at 8:30 p.m. Free...
...Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boyleston Street, Boston, Marla Prince leads a vocal ensemble tonight at 7:30 pm. Info about the free concert is at 266-1400. Also, at the University, sopranos Marguerite Coughlin and Sabra Loomis and pianist Alvin Novak perform works of Liszt, Wolf, Schumann and Berg. The free concert is at Adams House Lower Common Room...
Perkins work with Fitzgerald and Wolfe forms the most interesting part of Berg's book. Tales of Fitzgerald's crackup are many, but Berg's picture of Perkins' desparate attempts to save Fitzgerald from his own insecurity is compelling and memorable. And Berg will no doubt find a place for himself among historians of literature for his work on the friendship and eventual estrangement of Perkins and Wolfe--the fiery, romantic writer upon whom Perkins staked much of its reputation...
...Perkins: Editor of Genius Berg convincingly argues that it was Perkins' overwhelming sense of loyalty and responsibility to his writers that made him a scrupulous editor and a successful advocate for their cause when his supervisors and fellow editors at Scribners balked. This biography provides an excellent picture of how Perkins, once he discovered a writer, would work to establish him in American letters. Berg, however, does not really address to other side of the problem--just how this man developed a unique eye for spotting fine writers--and it will take a work dealing with more purely literary questions...