The Beauties of PoMo

andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
Mon May 26 11:00:00 CDT 1997


LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes:
> On the other hand, I couldn't get a key to reading film crit. Stephen Heath
> until I heard him speak.  Then I realized that he writes like he lectures,
> which is to repeat everything three times, rephrasing it somewhat each 
> time, within a single clause.  It actually makes it easier to take notes
> in the lecture hall!  Is that a typical Oxbridgian pedagogical maneuvre,
> I wonder?

Just three repetitions? He'd never even pass the entrance exam. On the
other hand . . .


Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.



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