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...figure of Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment has important philosophic implications. There are comparable conceptions of the Superman in other countries: in England, Marlowe's Faustus; in Germany, Nietzshe's Ubermensch; in America, "Superman Comics." With his pipe clenched slightly crooked through an ironic smile, Professor Renato Poggioli warmed to his subject. And if the mark of a brilliant teacher is his ability to remain popular while insulting, threatening, and deliberately patronizing his students, then Poggioli must certainly be brilliant...
...lecture with: "There are too many people in this course. Auditors, go homel" A week later he was able to boast, "I chased all the auditors off in a day or two." The trouble was that many who had come as auditors stayed as regularly enrolled members, so that Poggioli had to announce, "We are moving from Emerson A to Longfellow Terrace. It should be very interesting teaching Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in Longfellow...
Once in Longfellow, Poggioli could not resist making another attempt to get rid of a few students. "This class," he said, "will meet promptly at 11:10. Supposing you come in after 11:10--if it isn't raining why don't you take a walk...
...Poggioli also has the habit of introducing the most obscure references with the words, "As you know . . ." A few days ago he remarked that, "As you know, Turgenev's opinion of Dostoevsky was . . ." and quoted a paragraph in Russian. No translation...
Slavic 155 gives students a chance to read almost all the major works of Dostoievski and Tolstoy. Professor Renato Poggioli plays the Grand Inquistor in Emerson...