Search Details

Word: wordsworths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

It’s not as bad as it could be; after all, Wordsworth had an undistinguished academic career, right? (Being an English major, I compare myself to literary figures.) But problems occur when one compares oneself to other Harvard graduates; for example, take my own personal tormentor, John Updike. Updike came to Harvard on scholarship in the early 50s, earning excellent marks throughout his undergraduate career (the only black mark on his record being his presidency of the Harvard Lampoon). He graduated summa cum laude and immediately went to work for The New Yorker, shortly after which he published...

Author: By Jason F. Clarke, | Title: An Unauthorized Biography | 5/25/2001 | See Source »

...real question, of course, is where I go from here. Will this imaginary entry be an ironic prelude to future greatness like that of Wordsworth, or that drop-out in my father’s freshman facebook, William Gates? Or is this entry representative of a trend? Will I be a Proust or a Prufrock...

Author: By Jason F. Clarke, | Title: An Unauthorized Biography | 5/25/2001 | See Source »

...Sold at: Wordsworth, 30 Brattle...

Author: By Susan J. Marshall and Mildred M. Yuan, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: 'Tis the Season...To Shop | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

...photographer made famous for taking the last pictures of John Lennon came to Harvard Square's Wordsworth Bookstore yesterday as part of a national tour to promote her new collection of portraits, Women...

Author: By Irina Serbanescu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Liebowitz Promotes New Book | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

Adding his voice to the recent media memoir frenzy, New York Times columnist Frank Rich '71 read from his book Ghost Light, the story of his childhood infatuation with the theater, last night at WordsWorth Bookstore in Harvard Square...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NY Times Writer Relates Life's Mission | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

Previous | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | Next