![]() ![]() This manuscript may still be found in the Rare Books Collection, bearing the inscription: “Presented to the Library of the University of Missouri, in memory of William Stoner, Department of English. When he died his colleagues made a memorial contribution of a medieval manuscript to the University library. He did not rise above the rank of assistant professor, and few students remembered him with any sharpness after they had taken his courses. Eight years later, during the height of World War I, he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree and accepted an instructorship at the same University, where he taught until his death in 1956. Stoner starts with a spoiler of its own, a summary of William Stoner’s life: William Stoner entered the University of Missouri as a freshmen in the year 1910, at the age of nineteen. (Update: see the end of this post for some links to online reviews) I realize my comments will make more sense to those who have read the book but there are some topics I would like to explore which I haven’t seen mentioned in other reviews. Read it.” For those willing to continue reading, my discussion touches on only a few of the many themes within the book and leaves out several areas all together. To love that well which thou must leave ere long.įor anyone wanting to avoid spoilers regarding John Williams' Stoner the short review is “Yes, the book lives up to the hype. This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, In me thou see'st the glowing of such fireĬonsumed with that which it was nourish'd by. Which by and by black night doth take away,ĭeath's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou seest the twilight of such day Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,īare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang That time of year thou mayst in me behold ![]()
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