(urth) The Wizard

David Stockhoff dstockhoff at verizon.net
Fri Mar 2 11:33:34 PST 2012


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On 3/2/2012 2:32 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
> 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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