Word: criticizing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...number of disconcerted readers who are mystified by some of the modern excursions into versification, Robert Hillyer's "First Principles of Verse" will allow them to regain their equilibrium by its clear presentation of the fundamental elements of poetry. It is a practical, elementary handbook for the poet or critic, but its significance lies in the ultra-conservative attitude of this well-known modern poet, who has been completely uninfluenced by the meanderings of some of his contemporaries...
Even today few piano accordion squeezers rank as virtuosos. But this week, after an accordion recital in Philadelphia's staid Academy of Music, Philadelphia critics admitted that their townsman, dark, 30-year-old Andy Arcari, could claim the title. Accordionist Arcari, who had given previous recitals in Pittsburgh and Toledo, played a program ranging from Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue to Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen. Said Critic Henry Pleasants: "Here was a brilliance in scale and arpeggio passages that many a violinist or pianist could envy." Virtuoso Arcari, who makes most of his living teaching and playing...
...collection of 41 essays ranging in subject from the English countryside to the paintings of Peter Breughel, from God to gypsies, Earth Memories is not the best example of Powys' writing. But its shortcomings are more than redeemed by Critic Van Wyck Brooks's eloquent introduction to the book, which pays a high tribute to Llewelyn Powys the writer, a higher tribute to Powys the teacher. "Let no one suppose," says Brooks, "that Llewelyn Powys is merely another nature-writer, eloquent, observant and persuasive. He has something to say to this age of despair and darkness...
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, won the third prize of $100 for an essay entitled "Orestes Brownson: Critic of the New Industrialism...
...Critic Thomas King Whipple, who usually writes weighty essays on modern poetry and highbrow fiction, once took a critic's holiday and made a searching analysis of the works of Zane Grey in The Saturday Review of Literature. At that time the prolific Western-story writer had turned out 33 books, with a total sale of about 10,000,000 copies. After thoughtfully picking them to little bits, Professor Whipple concluded that their enormous popularity did not constitute a serious reflection on U. S. taste. Zane Grey's tireless riders of the purple sage, lone star rangers...