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... academic world , had something in common . What they had in common was the fact that they never existed , at least in the terms in which we conceived them . I'm sure now that if we'd ever taken the trouble to talk sympathetically and ...
... academic world , had something in common . What they had in common was the fact that they never existed , at least in the terms in which we conceived them . I'm sure now that if we'd ever taken the trouble to talk sympathetically and ...
Page 143
... academic world . Within this world , the worst gossips of all are in the " humanities . " The reason for this is not hard to find . Unlike the rest of the faculty , and unlike those in government or business organizations , people who ...
... academic world . Within this world , the worst gossips of all are in the " humanities . " The reason for this is not hard to find . Unlike the rest of the faculty , and unlike those in government or business organizations , people who ...
Page 154
... academic journals headed by PMLA . These are the superquality cultural and ... world . A very honest old professor once told me that he would gladly trade ... academic world- magazines and presses which aren't attached to universities or ...
... academic journals headed by PMLA . These are the superquality cultural and ... world . A very honest old professor once told me that he would gladly trade ... academic world- magazines and presses which aren't attached to universities or ...
Contents
How Literary Folk Thrive on Crisis | 9 |
Turning SelfKnowledge into SelfCenteredness | 24 |
Learning to Hate the Older Generation | 32 |
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