Salad days
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 28 October 2019 13:38 (four years ago) link
just finally finished reading empson's seven types of ambiguity properly for the first time (only ever skipped thru bits of it before): not always crystal clear but good not bad
was a bit startled to discover it had an index, something i was convinced i had claimed that it did not here in this very thread: rereading i discover it was the pinefox who said this (his copy had an editor;s note saying not) and that i then posted a link to an on-line version which did
anyway i came to post the following line on proust as i felt it was funny and apposite, only to find i already posted it three years ago lol: "Parodies are appreciative criticisms in this sense, and much of Proust reads like the work of a superb appreciative critic upon a novel which has unfortunately not survived" -- thats right william
(i can only think that three years ago i couldn't locate my physical copy, not at all an unusual situation in my house)
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 13:45 (two years ago) link
the unsurviving novel is proust
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 20:04 (two years ago) link
given where the sentence comes in the book it's in, empson is kind of saying "it me, i'm proust"
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link
je suis etc
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 20:11 (two years ago) link
CALL ME MADELEINE
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 20:25 (two years ago) link
Some days the novel reads you.
― dow, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link