Word: statements
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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However, his book of criticism is distinctly unsatisfying, and O'Faolain himself has inadvertantly supplied the reason. In writing about Joyce, he asserts that "all criticism is a form of autobiography." This is a dubious statement, but The Vanishing Hero bears it out. O'Faolain is an Irish man of letters who cares very much about Ireland; for all his intellect, he is something of a provincial. This provinciality, and the parallel concerns for country, are assets in his short stories, but they make him an extremely limited critic. The more remote his subject is from Ireland, the worse...
This is more than an echo of Joyce, it is a statement of O'Faolain's own grievances; while this plaint may induce sympathy for both of them, it is also an indication why O'Faolain is a sorry critic of alien literature...
According to a statement by G. D. Ginsburne, Vice-President of Student Affairs, persons carrying liquor into the stadium next Saturday will be denied admission. Those found intoxicated in the stadium will be evicted...
...both President Pusey and Dean Bundy were touring the Middle West in behalf of the fund drive yesterday, the University made no official statement in answer to Zarubin's proposal...
...significance of Zarubin's statement yesterday was that this is the first time that both the U. S. and the Russians have been in agreement on the principle of exchange. Until late last winter, the State Department had not been disposed to encourage universities' attempts to secure visiting Russian scholars...