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...little praise for the centuries in-between-the years which produced Samuel Johnson, Tennyson, Wordsworth, and Keats. He does not hestitate to explain why it is that two periods many years apart should arouse similarly favorable responses. Both of the periods he prefers, the Elizabethan and the modern, are known for their experimentation with literary form. And in Dr. Enck's eye, this is a quality in literature to be desired above all others. He is one of those scholars for whom the study of literature is sometimes best described as the study of change...
...that matter, the notion that entertainment should be pleasant or diverting). No young writer who hoped to find a publisher would begin his novel, as the late Angela Thirkell did her latest book, with "It was one of those delightful English summer days so well described by Lord Tennyson." But for readers who had enough sense to come in out of the reality, it was not a bad sort of beginning. One knew where one stood, which was as far as possible from the mainstream of current literature...
...Aged Lords. Novelist Thirkell was one of the last surviving writers to play lawn tennyson. From 1932 on, she wrote a book a year, and to the great satisfaction of her readers, each year it was the same book. The end papers usually showed a map of Barsetshire (Novelist Trollope's invented county), pointing out the locations of the great houses and offering, if one cared to know, an exact route from the village of Little Misfit to the town of Winter Overcotes. The title might be Enter Sir Robert, The Duke's Daughter or even Love Among...
...education, Americans are more aware of Oxford, perhaps because Rhodes scholars go there. Few even realize that the reputable university in Cambridge, Mass., was founded by a B.A. (Cantab.) named John Harvard; few could guess that Cambridge is the alma mater of Bacon, Byron, Darwin, Erasmus, Milton, Newton, Spenser, Tennyson, Thackeray, Walpole and Wordsworth. Strong in classics and "PPE" (philosophy, politics, economics), Oxford has dominated Whitehall and Westminster. But now England has a surfeit of politicians and debaters. It needs more scientists and engineers, and so it needs Cambridge...
...from there on. The orchestra was adequate, and Mr. Walker again sang superbly. Senturia generally kept up a good balance among soloists and instruments except in the middle of the rather terrifying Dirge, where he allowed the powerful, stabbing orchestral figures to overwhelm the vocal part. The sparkling Nocturne (Tennyson), cleverly humorous Hymn (Ben Johnson), and serene Sonnet (Keats) received especially fine treatment...