Word: oftener
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...question of Whitman's sexuality. With the tools of the psychohistorian, the author recognizes the significance of Whitman's search for his sexual identity. Still, he doesn't overemphasize this side of the poet. While Kaplan unobtrusively reminds us that the "I" of Leaves of Grass is almost as often as woman as a man, on the other hand, he later analyzes Whitman's masterpiece in more universal terms. Kaplan sees the centerpiece of Whitman's life as both a "Whitman at his best, and when he is at his awful worst--windy, repetitious, self imitative--one loves...
...teach the young. Well, the future no longer seems quite so wildly original. But even in rigidly traditional epochs, it was human nature for one generation to reject, dynamite and otherwise ridicule the structures and ideas of the previous generation in order to make room for its own. Often enough, when the Oedipal din has died down, the world has been left with a new wheel rather like the old one. St. Augustine detested his fa ther and rejected him with an unholy vehemence. Yet in his later years, Augustine in many ways came to resemble his father almost eerily...
...impressive list of ailments. Her book portrays a woman of considerable intelligence and character, alternately confident of her abilities and scornful of her own conclusions. Alice's letters and diary, peppered with penetrating comments about the politics and social conditions of her time, reveal a mind that was often as perceptive as those of her famous brothers. With a healthier constitution and greater encouragement from her family, Strouse makes it clear that Alice's life might have been far more productive...
...unnecessarily long asides about the lives and works of Alice's brothers. She spends a good deal of space discussing William's ailments, which faintly resembled those of his sister, and she frequently looks for parallels between Alice and the characters in Henry's fiction. Her digressions are often interesting, and may be unavoidable since far more information survives about the brothers. Still, they seem needlessly detailed in a biography about their sister. One gets the faint impression on occasion that Strouse became slightly bored with Alice's nervous attacks, and would have preferred to continue her analysis of Henry...
...contrast to Corrigan's nearly flawless play, fellow sophomore Lisa Harrison was obviously not on top of her game. Throughout the first two games, Harrison made repeated unforced errors. Against Karrinne Tong, Bowdoin's only top-flight player, she couldn't afford any. Tong took advantage of every mistake, often catching Harrison far out of position. Harrison's corner shots, which might have befuddled a lesser player, didn't faze Tong, who returned many for winners en route to a 15-9, 15-10, 7-3 lead...