Word: pedantic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hillyer is a man who has long held that the roots of true poetry are thrust deep in the traditions of centuries. His is not the frigid, classical view of the pedant, however, for he knows that poetry changes with the decades. But poetry to him is sacred, and in an age of frantic, formless compositions whose only worth lies in the white heat at which they are forged, Mr. Hillyer's poetry strikes a sure note. A sincere consideration of "A Letter to Robert Frest and Others" proves that Mr. Hillyer's poetry will stand the test of time...
...here and there until 5:30 whereupon by water--where I did meet a few of the boxing team who were still a little punch drunk--to Cambridge. And I was glad at my heart to learn that Professor Kittredge on Wednesday is speaking at Dunster House on "the Pedant...
...presence at Harvard of truly brilliant men can lend intellectual vigor to all these who come into contact with them. No more now than ever does Harvard or any other University, we hope, have lasting use for the dried as dust pedant who can get along amiably enough with books but not at all with people or life in the world outside...
...Juvenile Pedant...
...reviewing Peck's Bad Boy, current cinema, TIME correctly describes Cousin Horace (Jackie Searl) as "a juvenile sneak & pedant" (TIME, Oct. 15). Cousin Horace, arriving at the Peck household, is carrying a magazine. At several moments a familiar cover is plainly visible. TIME! A symbol of pedantry, no doubt...