Fwd: Re: MI

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 18 10:01:58 CDT 1999




>From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
>To: m.fernandez at latino.com, fqmorris at hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: MI
>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 00:19:23 CDT
>
>
>>From: "miriam fernandez-santiago"
>>
>>
>> >Which of the two do we call predominate?  Satyre?  Then "encyclopedic" 
>>is
>> >only limiting, mundane, pedestrian.  This part is only sport, along with 
>>the
>> >rest of the sport! This characterization only serves to lower the text 
>>to
>> >the pedestrian, releive it of the numinous.
>> >
>> >David Morris
>> >
>> >WHY DO YOU MAKE THE ECUATION SPORT=LOWER?
>
>Sorry for the slippery language.
>
>The equation I meant was: encyclopedic<satire.  "Sport" was meant to say 
>"just for fun," and by this I meant that the "more and more and more" of 
>the encyclopedic is for amusement, like the NYTimes Crossword Puzzle.  It 
>is not the heart of the text, just "sport."
>
>David Morris
>

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