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he complains about the change away from pure study within the universities, the results of which cannot be predicted, towards a purely utilitarian, problem-solving way of doing things more efficiently, both in the arts and sciences, all of which can be predicated and measured. Then, more specifically, Williams complains about the changes in the teaching of
literature and the attitude to the text “as if a novel or poem is something to be studied and understood rather than experienced.�
Quote from the Introduction to Stoner, based on an interview with Williams.
