Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
from "Four Walls" by Ian McGilchrist
I read this this morning in the current issue of Poetry magazine:
When I left the world of academic English literature it was not because I was any less passionate about poetry, but because I did not want to spend my life operating on my friends. I thought I might kill them. Later I learned of Ted Hughes’s dream about the fox that came to him, singed and smelling of burnt hair, put its paw on the essay he was writing, leaving a bloody mark, and said, “You are destroying us.”
for more of the article on the effects of poetry and psychology go here
When I left the world of academic English literature it was not because I was any less passionate about poetry, but because I did not want to spend my life operating on my friends. I thought I might kill them. Later I learned of Ted Hughes’s dream about the fox that came to him, singed and smelling of burnt hair, put its paw on the essay he was writing, leaving a bloody mark, and said, “You are destroying us.”
for more of the article on the effects of poetry and psychology go here
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
...for futher reading
I know you purists out there are only interested in finding the true meaning behind the author's purpose via your own inquisition to the novel. However, if you're interested in some interesting fact-finding, insightful background, and simple allusions DFW kept secretly hidden, then go to google books and look up "Understanding DFW" - you can read it online. Go to the "Broom" chapter.
I love finding the back channels...I'm just sayin.
I love finding the back channels...I'm just sayin.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
His non-sequiters
What I really enjoyed was Rick's sad stories that he reads to Lenore for entertainment. I laughed because the guy put more detail into narrating the story than the college student put into writing it. Talk about false identity! Too bad his sexual potency wasn't as long as his story-telling. Poor poor pitiful Rick.
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