Word: englishes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Your critical comment on T. S. Eliot and Murder in the Cathedral contains a number of absurdities, which I will point out seriatim. Imprimis, you call him dandiacal in appearance is so symbolically presented (in accordance with T. S. Eliot's own wishes) by the English players is to throw the emphasis on the spiritual struggle. You state that Becket is not inwardly lacerated, whereas the whole play is about his inward laceration; it is because the play is so introspective that it is hard to follow. As for your "Eliot gets in a brutal and final punch...
Nothing could be more un-English than the actions of the swarms of Oxonians who dot the college grounds. Nothing could be more dubious than Mr. Taylor's inevitable victory in every sport he undertakes. Nothing could be more trite than the way Mr. Taylor wins British acclaim by taking the blame for another man's wickedness. The whole thing is a tour de force. "Women In Prison" isn't very good either...
Possibilities of an English deal with Mussolini or even of English action as a result of yesterday's cabinet developments, and Hitler's new drive to recover political minorities for the fatherland will give the other two committees added fuel...
...committee, however, decided to concentrate its efforts on "teaching and research," simply side-stepping the other questions. Budgetary problems and the trend to social sciences are closely related, for History, Government, and Economics in particular, and English to some degree, are Harvard's most crowded fields and promise to continue their growth. In these departments, too, the twin specter exists of a large group of young instructors eager to advance and of limited, permanent top faculty positions filled in large measure with young men. Further, as the report itself points out, University financial statements reveal that a "frozen" budget...
...member of the Class of 1935 who had the good fortune to study under De Voto, and as a writer who has found his counsel and advice of good service since leaving college, I can only wish your cause success. Mr. De Voto brought English composition at Harvard back to the field's great days under Barrett Wendell and Copie; in addition, he gave a vigorous treatment of contemporary American literature, which seems highly important for the Harvard undergraduate. His courses were not "aesthetic" in appeal, and he taught no sterile tradition of polite letters. . . . It would be a great...