I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was like before the New Critics, when people stood up and talked about Shelley's soul and such things.

Clifford Geertz. pp. J.

Clifford James Geertz (August 23 1926 – October 30 2006) was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology and who was considered "for three decades. " He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton.