Tag: interpretation

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| December 22, 2016

the tragedy of couriers

What is the real tragedy of the courier? That he should be the bearer, the transmitter, of messages which he neither...

| December 21, 2016

post and courier

People who know almost nothing else about Pynchon know that The Crying of Lot 49 is concerned with the possible...

| April 30, 2014

the circle game

Here’s an excellent post by the redoubtable AKMA on desire and interpretation, with particular reference to the...

| May 7, 2010

neuro, cogno, evo, devo

My New Atlantis colleague Ari Schulman has already called our attention to the neuro lit crit debate. All of the...

| May 6, 2010

thesis for disputation

The best interpreters of any given text are those whose ideas — whether you agree with them or not — send you back...