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...contention that the fall of the junta might lead to civil war is partially valid--it might. But to strengthen the present dictatorship with military aid in the name of stability would be morally unjustified and would also lead to a more bitter reaction from the people. The political polarization would be far greater than in 1965, when a large majority of the electorate bitterly opposed the King after he had dismissed Prime Minister George Papandreou...
...clear stand and then seen to everything with an unflaggingly sure hand. There are those who consider the tale primarily a battle of the sexes. I have always thought this a silly view; Antigone could very well have been a boy, and the story would still have been perfectly valid. Kilty has chosen to play up the conflict of the generations--it's the teenagers versus their uncomprehending elders, who have made a mess of the world and deserve to be called to account. It is clear that Kilty has on his mind such things as our peace marchers, draft...
There is little real poetic content in her work, but enough to inspire Berry-man's vision of sexuality imprisoned by a tyranny of conscience. Enough, too, to make Mistress Bradstreet a valid foot note to the age of Milton and Marvell, the honorable inaugurator of American poetry, and one of the first female voices in literature to speak intimately and directly in its own behalf...
...critics are using structuralism to redefine-and enhance-the critical role. In its name they have demanded equal billing with the works they judge. "It is inconceivable," says Roland Barthes, one of the movement's chief spokesmen, "that the creative laws governing the writer should not also be valid for the critic. All criticism is criticism both of the work under consideration and of the critic...
Spoon-Fed & Nose-Led. Galbraith certainly has his points. But many of them are neither original nor entirely valid. He mints a bright aphorism here and there. "Men who believe themselves deeply engaged in private thought are usually doing nothing," he writes. And again: "One should always cherish his critics and protect them where possible from foolish error." But his writing is too often didactic and his logic oversimplified...