Word: maining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...main purpose of the compilers of this volume has been to give an mpetus to American literature. They have most certainly brought together a remarkable collection of literary efforts. But it is not within our scope here to attempt to analyses them. Suffice it to say that all manner of writers have been represented, and that all manner of tastes can be catered to from within the two covers...
While M. Benda's analysis of political passions is admirable and his main thesis is brilliant, many thoughtful readers will not find themselves in agreement with his main philosophical tenets nor will they be inclined to applaud some of his own political prejudices. M. Benda is still searching for eternal verities, abstract justice, and absolute good dissociated from its material embodiment. The modern philosopher who regards all values in a relative light is condemned as a renegade and a disgrace to his high profession. Mr. Benda is finally imbued with a thoroughly anti-Teutonic point of view. Dispassionate modern history...
...combined a uniquely modern and sincere patriotism with an equally rare sense of proportion. Yet throughout the course of events which he vividly depicts--here in minute detail--there is sweeping epic style--and here again with a touch of human sympathy--one finds that justice has been a main chord. South and North, each has its turn--probably the reason both these sections of our country have acclaimed the book as a classic. A striking feature is the manner in which Benet handles such a wide field. One might say the war is dealt with in terms of various...
...plot, however, with its complications and solutions, is really rather incidental, for the book is essentially a book of character studies, and therein lies its chief virtue. It is mainly concerned with the interplay of the emotions and desires and actions of a group of people in a given setting, complicated by the influences and forces that their foreign environment brings to bear on them. Mr. Cozzens uses Cuba much as Kipling used Simla. And as in Kipling, the writing is character portraiture, rather than development. Consequently the people are painted in rather brighter colors than strict realism allows, with...
Another fortunate change will be the placing of the Chinese collection in Boylston Hall. These volumes are at present scattered, occupying various portions of Widener Library, some being placed on the top floor, other portions of the collection being on the main and second floors. All of the pieces will be gathered together but their exact position in the Boylston Laboratory could not be stated positively yesterday by Mr. Potter...