Comments on: Elective affinities

By: Careful reading « Dead Voles

Careful reading « Dead Voles — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:20:58 +0000

[...] are texts, often ‘difficult’ ones that have to be read with great care, although as my grad school anecdote illustrates they often [...]

By: Lloyd Mintern

Lloyd Mintern — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:01:18 +0000

I thought the dawn of reason was right around the corner, but if Ned thinks it is a long way off, and Carl is so infernally modest and unsure of himself, then let’s schedule this duel for . . . next week! I have at least one more post I would like to make on my blog. I have to admit I have been afraid of being in a duel ever since I read about Alexander Hamilton. Every good schoolboy of course identifies with Hamilton, and secretly admires Burr. Where should we meet? I live mostly in my thoughts.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:00:23 +0000

It’s true, if we’re waiting for my reason to dawn we may have to set a spell.

By: N Pepperell

N Pepperell — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:09:59 +0000

Sure, sure, put it off…

By: Lloyd Mintern

Lloyd Mintern — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:16:11 +0000

Perhaps it should be at the dawn of reason.

By: N Pepperell

N Pepperell — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:35:52 +0000

Absolutely :-) This assumes we can determine whose dawn, of course…

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:54:02 +0000

Yes, on the face of it a crude instance of ‘organic offense’ but slyly interwoven with a ‘mechanical offense’ to my competence as a scholar. Really nicely done. Pistols at dawn, then – will you be my Second, N.?

By: N Pepperell

N Pepperell — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:32:29 +0000

lol – to be honest, I had read Lloyd as trying to try out your positions from the post below on giving offense… ;-)

By: Identification and Community « Larval Subjects .

Identification and Community « Larval Subjects . — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:07:37 +0000

[...] Carl gives a nice analysis of the mechanisms of textual identification with respect to the issues I raised on style over at [...]

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:55:37 +0000

That’s probable. I’ll need a little more to work with from you, Lloyd, if we are to fully explore the depths of my ignence together.