Word: derstanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...simply ridiculing James. It is interesting, I suppose, that James was sexually inhibited, neurotically fastidious, and incurably romantic. But it isn't literary criticism. A bald assertion like "Perhaps Henry James might better be described as the greatest feminine novelist of any age. If anything, such sniping gets in derstand the man, his writing, or his age. If anything such sniping gets in the way. Geismar means to correct the contemporary estimate of James and to locate him more precisely in the history of American literature--a commendable object, surely. But, because of his approach, he only succeeds in directing...
People have been unhappy about Freshman year for at least a e, pretty violently unhappy, not just at Harvard. In order derstand current Dean's office ings about revising the Freshman dormitory system, you have to back a little way, and play his as well as philosopher of education...