Word: patheticism
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If there is any central theme to the diverse assortment of poems in Delusions, Etc., it is a general expression of desperation and a hope for some sort of release from life. Berryman's father committed suicide and the memory of that event sharply marks poems such as "Tampa Stomp...
It is frightening to imagine Orwell as one of these cold war intellectuals; indeed, the idea strikes at the root of our very conception of him and his meaning. To have accepted from the U.S. government the bit and blinders he would not take from the Communist party, one feels...
Pattin, acquired with Milwaukee last fall, won 28 games in two years with the pathetic Brewers and was the Red Sox's most impressive pitcher in training camp.
Author David Rabe has written a play on the war in Vietnam that defies a million slogans to become a contemporary masterpiece. Pavlo Hummel is an innocuous little guy from 231 East 45th Street, Manhattan, who with the beginning of his basic training is on the way to becoming "the...
I think the GSD has erred severely here: on grounds of equity and in misjudging just how far the Harvard community will accept this kind of behavior (this may again be my naivete, however.) What I stated two years ago is even more true today: the only way I will...