Word: didacticism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
"Here we touch upon the didactic in literary art. Should a poet be a teacher? Yes, he should be a teacher, but not a mere preacher, not a mere pedagogue that puts before us the mere bare bones of a philosophy. The poet may be a teacher, but he will...
His mode of action recalls exactly that of M. Millerand. he said, "No," and it was No. Add to this a temperate, flawless style, revealing a great depth of though, a high sense of duty, and you will have one of the most serious and most attractive personalities of contemporary...
The Class of 1921 is to receive its official baptism as an integral part of the University. The Freshmen have matriculated, they have gone through hour examinations, they have had a regular athletic team, but they have not heard Professor Copeland read. This evening in Smith Halls Common Room they...
The brilliance and scintillation of the piece we pride ourselves on comprehending. We can even understand such ideas as "scrapping" a misfit religion or saving souls by killing men, but put everything together and what is the final meaning of the sum total? We rather guess Shaw knew, but he...
In his preface, Mr. Maynadier assures the reader that there is nothing didactic or heavy about the stories. Nor is there. All are creditable bits of narrative, and several of them are distinctly above the average of the Monthly and the Advocate.