Word: lewalski
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...hundred years ago, George Lyman Kittredge differed as much from Barrett Wendell as today Barbara Lewalski differs from James Wood. Happily the collegiality, at least at Harvard, seems to have improved. Perhaps the best reason, from this point of view, for shortening the name, is to give full sanction to our methodological pluralism—which makes the department weird and great...
...effect, the room was decorated with exotic plants and jewelry to create a environment modeled after the Garden of Eden. The presence of apples and a bird of paradise also served to contribute to the surroundings. The event opened with an introductory speech to Paradise Lost by Barbara K. Lewalski, a history and literature professor, regarding the surprising nature of Paradise Lost given that is an epic poem. As she said in her opening remarks, “there are no warriors and battles. The whole epic is about a kind of reconsideration of what heroism...
...Barbara Lewalski, director of graduate studies for the English department and chair of graduate admissions, said that she and her staff give all applicants "a careful screening...
Pouring over the writing samples and debating which among the many highly qualified applicants to accept can be "complicated and arduous," Lewalski said...