(urth) The Wizard

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Ah. You pulled my leg so hard it came off in your hands.

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:27 AM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:
> I tried to use Finnegan's Wake as an instructional manual, but it never got
> around to the instruction part so I quit reading it and watched /Pimp Your
> Ride/ instead. Now, that's poetry!
>
>
> On 3/2/2012 2:07 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>
>> I take it, Mr. Stockhoff, that you believe that "Finnegans Wake" and
>> the poetry of TS Eliot have no meaning whatsoever...
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:01 AM, David Stockhoff<dstockhoff at verizon.net>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>     /al·lu·sion//əˈlo͞oZHən/
>>>
>>> Noun:
>>>
>>> 1. Any reference not spelled out or mentioned concretely in a text but
>>>   which inattentive and forgetful people insist on reading
>>>   nevertheless, because they are so confused they forget what book
>>>   they are reading and thus what book they are /not /reading.
>>> 2. The practice of making arguments to such references, esp. as an
>>>   attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of hard-headed realists who
>>>   know better.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/2/2012 1:45 PM, James Wynn wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Look up the term "allusion".
>>>>
>>>> On 3/2/2012 11:01 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> In fact, “Silent Silk” and “Silver Silk” are clearly explained in the
>>>>> text. The claimed association with Dionysus is based on some syllables
>>>>> of
>>>>> the eponyms resembling syllables in the names of two fauns, one of whom
>>>>> was
>>>>> associated with Dionysus, and neither of whom is mentioned anywhere in
>>>>> the
>>>>> text.
>>>>> Wolfe isn’t “riffing hard” on Dionysus, IMO. Some people are stretching
>>>>> hard on Dionysus.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes