Steven Marcus is the George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. It blinds me, and I do not yet feel quite at home in it,' he stated. However, anyone who has not been graduated from the Juilliard School of Music, written a symphony or conducted the New York Philharmonic is certain to find the musical sections of 'Doctor Faustus' nearly impenetrable. My conception of Joseph was Joseph was in part distilled from my personal acquaintance with Franklin Roosevelt. Mr. Woods makes Mann talk much as we do, if always more intelligently, and he captures the irony and humor in all but a few passages.
Little things count greatly.