Chasing ... Cutting

[Paul Mackin]

Hi Terrance--thought Yessinia sounded familiar.

			P.

On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Terrance Flaherty wrote:

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> Paul Mackin wrote:
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> > I can see that you are taking the commonsense view that the novel
> > is situated at--and starts at--the end of WWII at the beginning of atomic
> > age--not, say, in 1938 when the Jewish persecution was getting underway,
> > and not at the height of the Vietnam War, and of course I agree. But
> > are you leading up to some additional nonliteral truth here as
> > well? Curious.
> > 
> >                         P.
> 
> No, avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, and embellishment is
> always a good way to convey your understanding of a text to
> your reader. Why paint the roses red, said Alice? 
> 
> Thanks again, 
> 
> PS Oh yes, Lear's fool, The Wyf of Bath, Sweet Jane, Barely
> there Clare, Yessenia Perez, and all my other fools and
> women thank you.
>