Crownshaw's PN article
Paul Mackin
pmackin at clark.net
Tue Aug 8 06:59:47 CDT 2000
I read the article. I had tried to put myself in the correct frame of mind
for left perspective litcrit and think I got the basic jist of the
thing although I'm no adept in such matters. You have to realize that the
short paper was a mere speculation upon a speculation that just maybe
(possibly) there might be some way to interpret certain passages in GR
as having an allegorical meaning (literal meanings would be useless) that
might serve in some kind of a rehistoricization of the
Holocaust--in other words give it a demonstrable link to the American
Military Industrial Complex. Of course I may have missed the whole point
but sincerely doubt it.
There was an exceedingly interesting footnote to the paper which by its
very nature--it's about something P said outside the book--would be of
interest to p-listers. However it's 14 lines and I don't know if I should
reproduce it unless John K or someone sez it's OK.
P.
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