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...Everything about him—from his selfish play to his smug body language??plowed through the border that separates swagger from plain arrogance...
Apparently, for the English Department—which recently shortened its official name from “English and American Literature and Language??—one innovation is not enough. The department is currently considering a plan to reduce its concentration requirements and eventually to eliminate its introductory literature surveys, English 10a and 10b, “Modern British Writers”—“the bane of many an aspiring Harvard litterateur,” as one Crimson news article helpfully explained...
...century. And the gate through which all had to pass was the year-long chronological introduction to English literature, 10a and 10b. In her wisdom, or at least in her inertia, the English Department refused to graduate concentrators who did not share a common familiarity with many of the language??s greatest works...
...Everett make a name for himself in the academic world (though much of this bubbles up in the former part of the text as well). According to Everett—who has spent more time with the Pirahã than any other researcher and is the authority on their language??the Pirahã lack counting and numbers, creation myths, an kinesthetically-oriented sense of direction, and even some linguistic attributes that were commonly held to be universal. These include quantifiers (e.g. all, every) and recursion (the placement of one phrase or sentence within another).Everett harps on what...
...feels compelled to finish the book for the sheer pleasure of conquering it. Still, “Squeal” is not an entirely unappetizing adventure. Like Barlow’s twice-consumed intestinal entrée, the book is also full of meaty gems. His evident mastery of language??if not the aims to which he puts it—makes the quest more palatable than it otherwise would be. His description of Anton, the sainted pig, is endearing, and his passage on “luxury ribs” is tantalizing enough to make any carnivore...