Word: dequincey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...role for which he was unfitted by temperament and by real inclination. Mr. H. L. Mencken had already remarked a handicap almost as important, the unprecedented style in which Veblen smothered and tortured his thought. Labor manifestoes cannot follow the Latinity of Samuel Johnson and the fugue motives of DeQuincey if they are to capture the hearts and imaginations of coal miners...
...life, set in a unique framework. Each chapter is devoted to one day in the week and to that day's associations in the mind of the narrator. The significance which Mr. Hoffman attaches to the calendar may be a private symbol, like the phrase "Consul Romanus" for DeQuincey; but Mr. Hoffman manages to make the symbol bear meaning and relevancy for his readers...