University of Virginia Library

Journal

literature courses at five major
universities.

This publication, in Mr.
Cohen's words, is a
"ground-breaking enterprise."
To promote an interchange
between scholars in many
fields, the journal started the
Interdisciplinary Society,
which hosts speakers at the
University to lecture on the
"Tofty" principles with which
the society concerns itself.

The most fascinating
observation on the New
Literary History is that it
draws together contemporary
intellectuals. Traditionally, the
intellectuals of past ages are
better known to us than the
academic giants of our own
time that work quietly in our
midst.

If history repeats itself, it
seems tragic that the wealth of
knowledge penned by the
genius of our own age will be
appreciated only be future
generations; especially when a
substantial portion of it is
being collected at this
University.