Word: weirdness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...work more a part of his life. "The Purple Patch," set effectively during a water-fete at Marseilles, is a story of no little grim strength relieved by an eerie humor which is very effective. The twisted old grandfather might have stepped from one of Arthur Rackham's weird drawings...
...surmise the explanation, but it does not seem to me that the poem makes it clear. The piece has emotional and descriptive power. The verse is weakened in places by unnecessary repetition of words and phrases: "that drift--that drift," "wild, wild symphony," and several other expressions. The weird, solemn picture in "The Caravan" is impressive, the wording is good (preponderance of monosyllables), and the vagueness gives the imagination free play. The interrogation points in the second and third stanzas should be omitted. The conception in "The Flower Stall" is good; the poem needs verbal revision. The sonnet entitled "Love...
...celebrated with great rejoicing. Amid the curses of all Cambridge a noisy drum and a squeaky horn traversed the streets of our noble city and awoke its sleepy inhabitants. There was no question in the minds of all, but that the Seniors were loose for the day. After some weird and wonderful music by this voluntary band, Kanrich's bunch of tunemurderers arrived in the Yard and were soon joined by the aught-sevens, dressed in every variety of costume from pajamas to red caps and downs. Every one received an official badge and a producer of music...
...stories are better. In "The Elixir" O. Bates has a weird idea, which he handles with rapidity and effect. H. Hagedorn's story is interesting, and would have deserved more space if the author had been ambitious to tell us more of the internal processes of the mind of the villain...
...programme, the Andante movement of the Symphony--Haydn in D major -- contained some beautiful passages for the strings, with flute obligato, that were perfectly rendered. Chausson's Symphonic Poem, "Viviane," brought out some very pleasing effects with the brass and a harp. The composer has caught the weird spirit of Vivian's enchantment of Merlin, but the one thing lacking was the element of coquetry that comes out so strongly in the literary conceptions of Vivian...