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...pilot study in the uses of leisure. "Their rejection of the popular culture, Broadway theatre, status commodities, bespeaks robust mental health." On the other hand, Beat art, says Goodman, is parochial, hopelessly parochial. Discussing Beat words--"make it," "like," "man," "cool" --Goodman finds a paucity of vocabulary and syntax expressive of the Best withdrawal from standard civilization and its learning. "In a Best group it is bad form to assert or deny a preposition as trus or false, probable or improbable, or to want to explore its meaning. The aim of conversation is for each one to be able...
...phes an' dooble-Gaelic an' sich orrtheaugraficul odditees as wuid baefuddle e'en tha quare English boobies tae tha sooth, a mon cuid reedie feind 'is puir Glengarry a muckle addled amoong a' tha thistly syntax...
...more than 20 years ago, English is his most beloved enemy, but Waterloo is not in his capricious vocabulary, and as the stars with which he decorates his name on the blackboard testify, his ego is still imperial. He attacks sense and syntax with the same insouciance that originally made him such a verbal charmer. To Hyman Kaplan, the discoverer of the laws of gravity is "Isaac Newman,'' the plural of blouse is "blice'' and the opposite of nightmare is "daymare...
Carey illustrates all his points with apt quotations from recent books or newspapers. His commentary is pellucid; and it avoids all, but the most elementary technical terms of grammar and syntax. From time to time evidences of a delightful wit even crop...
...with striking images, and create effective moods. In his best poems this ability is exploited, and so the simple lyrics are the most effective, and those of a more didactic, or purely symbolic nature tend to fall flat. Mr. Phelps also has a tendency to use slight inaccuracies in syntax, under the impression that they are eminently subtle and thus convey a nuance which could not be obtained any other way. Needless to say, the subtlety remains in the poet's mind, somewhat beyond the reach of the reader, and so phrases such as "the chairs obliquely ignore each other...