Gloss on Reading the Conflicting Reviews: The Naysayers Gerald Graff overlooked in Clueless in Academe September 23, 2007 by A gloss to Reading the Conflicting Reviews: The Naysayers Gerald Graff overlooked in Clueless in Academe Marjorie Perloff speaks of the ‘End of Humanities’ as having become a sub-genre of academic writing. See Douglas Barbour’s review of Perloff here. Marjorie Perloff speaks of the ‘End of Humanities’ as having become a sub-genre of academic writing. See Douglas Barbour’s review of Perloff here. P:nth-child(14)