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...than to burst into song. But Ireland's Thomas Kinsella, a 33-year-old clerk in the Civil Service, who scribbles verses in his spare time, is an exciting exception: a lyric poet in a didactic age. His words are modern but his music is as old as Celtic eloquence. When the demon is on him, Kinsella sings with a wild Irish sweetness, as when he writes of love...
...choke) exams in Arabic, Celtic, and Chinese on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the CRIMSON will publish on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday only, for the remainder of the term. The Crime prints your prose, poetry, and protesting letters every day again beginning February...
...ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT, retold by Joseph Bédier; translated from the French by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld; illustrated by Serge Ivanoff (172 pp.; Heritage; $6). If 13-year-old girls still come in the shy, quiet variety, this prettily done-up edition of the old Celtic tale should be an ideal present. It is full of sadness and magic, and it rings (as Padraic Colum observes in his introduction ) with the voice of the singer and the sound of the harp...
...Albanians-whether Ghegs or Tosks-have had a bad name among their neighbors. The ancient Greeks cursed them as brigands, the Romans as pirates. But some visitors brought out favorable reports. Englishmen think the Albanians resemble Scots Highlanders, probably because they wear white kilts and have a moody Celtic temperament that inclines them toward always marching off to battle. A less romantic observer, Stalin, thought Albanians "rather backward and primitive," but agreed that "they can be as faithful...
Calvert W. Watkins '54, assistant professor of Linguistics and the Classics, has been appointed associate professor of Linguistics and the Classics, effective July 1, 1962. A frequent contributor to linguistic journals and collections, Watkins' first book--Indo-European Origins of the Celtic Verb--will appear late next year...