Trilling's stature, now «so reduced [as] to have become a joke to
certain young critics who favor flippancy and lightness,» a ghostly flickering that haunts the poor souls condemned to wander the halls of the academy, reflects the state of criticism in our time.
Not exact matches
Many
critics have defined the books as a story of love after death: Harry for his parents, Harry for Dumbledore, even a
certain serpentine teacher for a
young woman whose ardent memory he will spend his life cherishing and protecting.
Despite being hated by
critics at the time of its release (22 years ago last month), Billy Madison has achieved a
certain nostalgic glow over time, both as one of the purest expressions of Adam Sandler's rampaging id and long - spent cinematic energy, and as a thing that today's
younger adults watched a shit - ton of back...