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...seeks omniscience. Power inspires sharper drama than knowledge, particularly for those without the German to follow Faust's speculations and soliloquizings. Goethe's Mephistopheles, on the other hand, boasts some of the internationalism of Hell. Less fiend than cold-blooded mocker and cynic, he is full of wit and mischief, and Gustaf Gründgens, who plays him nimbly enough, has the one role that can often make action as expressive as words...
...Reader's Guide to Literary Terms, by Karl Beckson and Arthur Ganz. With scholarship and scholars' wit, the authors offer all one cares to know and possibly a bit more about Anacreontic, Transferred Epithets, Inscape, Parnassianism, Pastorals, Passion Plays or Pastiche...
MARY, MARY at the Wilbur: New play by Jean Kerr, author of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," which has much wit and structure. Monday through Saturday evenings, 8:30 Matinees. Thursday at 2:15, Saturday...
Generalising about student attitudes is always risky, but it is probably fair to suggest that many New College men rate their fellows by what they say--their wit and conversation--ment in extra-curricular activities. If undergraduates at Oxford do not talk more intelligently or profoundly than they do here, their conversation is possibly more flexible, certainly more racy. In Oxford Union debates, quick thinking and a compelling style count above massive research...
Rosenberg's investigation of the stereotypes which the nineteenth century produced is the heart of his book. He discusses the novels of Scott, Dickens, Trollope, Bulwer, and Eliot with wit and insight which manage to alleviate the depressing similarity of the characters he discusses and the dullness of many of the books...