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...We’ve had a couple of excellent ones in the past year or two,” Bernbaum Professor of Literature Leo Damrosch said of distinguished English department recruits. “But this is a great...
...Damrosch cited medievalist James Simpson, a senior faculty member at Cambridge University until his recruitment by Harvard’s English department this spring, as another such eminent hire. But while Simpson is highly respected within his field, students and the wider public outside his specialized academic domain are unlikely to have heard of his work...
...been part of a complete university situation,” said Damrosch. “He’s eager to do that...
...couple of weeks ago, during a Wit and Humor lecture, English professor Leo Damrosch pointed out that, in literature, it’s often the jesters who have the greatest insights into life. Mercutio is the character with the most depth in Romeo and Juliet, Falstaff holds that distinction in Henry IV, and it is the fool who speaks the truth in Twelfth Night. By no means do I intend to claim this mantle for myself. I do, however, believe that humor and levity breed perspective. I never intended to remain a joker forever. My advice to the impressionable souls...
...Minutes of classes at the Extension School cancelled due to the hellacious wrath of Mother Nature. 60: Minutes of Leo Damrosch’s undergraduate class, English 185: “Wit and Humor,” that were cancelled when Damrosch misread a sign that announced the cancellation of Extension School classes...