A Prodigious Dilemma: Gwen Harwood’s Professor Eisenbart and the Vices of the Intellect
Abstract
Since Professor A. D. Hope's recent article on Gwen Harwood's 'Panther and Peacock' (ALS, V, 3 (1972), 227-232) accuses me of several varieties of impercipience for characterizing Professor Eisenbart as a 'successful, arrogant elitist' (Quadrant, XIV, 2 (1969), 15-19), I should like to explain why I laid such stress on Eisenbart's sense of superiority. My comments might also clarify the extent to which my reading of the poem is at odds with Professor Hope's.
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Published 1 May 1973 in Volume 6 No. 1. Subjects: Criticism, Literary criticism, Gwen Harwood.
Cite as: Douglas, Dennis. ‘A Prodigious Dilemma: Gwen Harwood’s Professor Eisenbart and the Vices of the Intellect.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1973, doi: 10.20314/als.70c88fb492.