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Intertexts, Zombies and Multiple Selves

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Came across a note suggesting a piece of research. That is, whether the multiple protagonists (whose names all begin with “J”) who populate The Female Man by Joanna Russ might in small part be connected to the “Jane” hero of … Continue reading →

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White on ornamentation

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Edmund White The Burning Library “The Wanderer: Juan Goytisolo’s Border Crossings” Artistically he has taken the post-modernist technique of intertextuality but given it an Arabic flavor not only through quotations from Arabic and Persian writers but also through the imitation … Continue reading →

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Circuit

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Francois Lachance

Deep geography. One follows a horizontal river run. That is Joyce’s “A way a lone a lost a last a loved a long the” which is the end of Finnegans Wake which famously links back to the riverrun opening. The … Continue reading →

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Tall Thin Lines of Alliance

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Francois Lachance

In Viewing Trees I isolate a line by Eavan Boland describing a stand of poplars and the slim commentary suggests how very evocative the line is. Consider now “K219, Adagio” from Jan Zwicky Songs for Relinquishing the Earth whose last … Continue reading →

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