Philology, linguistics, folklore study, and the textual principles that had been devised for biblical criticism provided curricular guidelines, while academic taste mirrored the prevailing impressionistic concern for the quality of the author's spirit.
More than any other people, Americans since 1950 have subscribed to the cult of the rebel artist, to the notion that "court art" is stifling and to the myth of bohemia and the Salon des Refusés; they disdain privilege, snobbery and academic taste.
The idea of a well-honed but still ragtag bunch of Juco transfers beating a premier academic institution tasted good to service workers who routinely catered to people who thought themselves better than those who served them".
As Richard Lan says, "Our approach can be very academic and our tastes catholic, but these are objects of great beauty often very decorative, that have a universal appeal".
As an academic with a taste for fashion, Ms. Morphos had a secret weapon in her uncle, William D. Belroy, whom she called Binny.
Students have varying tastes, preferences, academic abilities and financial situations, so the "best" school for each student depends not only on overall quality as measured by rankings such as this one, but other considerations specific to individual students.
But while he is intent on documenting, preserving and restoring traditional cuisine, Mrs. Rowe goes about her cooking in a less academic manner, relying on taste, memory and imagination.
In Distinction, his 1979 report on the social logic of taste, French academic Pierre Bourdieu wrote that "social identity lies in difference, and difference is asserted against what is closest, which represents the greatest threat".
Through each academic year your musical taste will change and the venues you go to will be refined, but for those heading to Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, London or Bristol, we've got tips from locals to get you started.
The upper-middle-class values — an emphasis on academic achievement or quiet taste — that were so paramount to "The Cosby Show," which made its debut 25 years ago, form no part of the scenery in this universe (or, for that matter, in any area of reality television).
