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Word: purvey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Williams seemed to want to purvey the image of our century's archetypal poet, a very complicated and often irresponsible but enchanting man as good, old, sweet, kind and tolerant Dylan, poet and good fellow, a few steps away from Mr. Chips or Robert Frost or De Lawd in Green Pastures. In short, Mr. Williams's choice of material and his rendition of it have a tinge of the sacdharine as well as a bit of pleasant nostalgia which fail in part to hit the personality of the man or be very characteristic of his work...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: A Boy Growing Up | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

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