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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...English P. Character Assassination. T., Th. at 10. Assistant Professor W. M. Pegler. Styles of insult, derogation and condescension...
...English 216. Ambivalence in the Victorian Novel. M., W., F. at 9. Dr.--or Dr.--. An historical study of confusion and indecision as keys to the life and work of selected British authors from Scott to Wodehouse...
...English 276. Robert Anderson, Sherwood Anderson, Robert Sherwood, and Maxwell Anderson. M., W., F. at 10. Dr. R. S Maxwell
Divine Right. America has not just aged, according to Heren; it started old. Far from being steamy insurrectionists, the Founding Fathers were really "eighteenth century English gentlemen" who thought of themselves as engaged in a more or less orderly "transfer of power," with the presidency being merely the "lineal descendant of the colonial office of governor." In fact, Heren likes the institution of the U.S. presidency because it reminds him of "a latter-day version of a British medieval monarchy," with the Congress cast as the barons and the Supreme Court filling the role of the church. He even goes...
...this point, Americans may feel that Heren is carrying historical metaphors too far-that the price for being shaken out of American myths is to be locked into English myths. But as he approaches the present, Heren makes increasing sense by insisting that the U.S. is an improvisation upon old traditions to suit new circumstances. Thus he sees the shift of power from Congress to the presidency as a necessary response to the "complexities of modern life." The same challenges have pushed the Supreme Court beyond its once limited role and forced it to cope with forces that might otherwise...