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...readings on "Dr. Johnson, his Friends and the Club'." These will be given in Sever 11 on Thursday afternoons and will be open to the public. The first lecture will be on "Dr. Johnson," December 2. The subjects for the other lectures are: "Boswell's 'Life of Johnson'," "Goldsmith," "Burke," "Garrick," "Fanny Burney," and "Sheridan." The two readings will be: "Selections from Goldsmith," and "Selections from Boswell's 'Johnson...
Last evening in the Fogg Art Museum Professor de Sumichrast lectured on Goldsmith and Marivaux. He began by fully summarizing Goldsmith's play, "She Stoops to Conquer," and Marivaux's play "Le Jeu de I'Amour et du Hasard," quoting frequently from each. He proceded to draw a comparison between the two play wrights, vastly to the advantage of Marivaux. He said that Marivaux is superior to Goldsmith in construction and is more thoroughly artistic. In Marivaux's play the analysis is subtle and delicate, the characters carefully and minutely drawn, the interest concentrated throughout. Goldsmith's play is diffuse...
...Lecture. Goldsmith and Marivaux. Professor de Sumichrast. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...