Word: xcviii
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plummets through a thousand-year time span at a pace which leaves Shakespeare and Milton two lectures apiece. Examinations stress spot passages and details about the authors. When a man is through with English 1, he knows that "Proud-pied April dressed in all his trim" is from Sonnet XCVIII, and two semesters' worth of similar facts. This mass of detail may be an essential basis for English concentrators who are required to take the course. But it does not help non-concentrators who are looking for a background in English literature, for a course which does not exist...
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