GRGR Finale Re: Homophobia in GR?

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sun Sep 10 17:41:27 CDT 2000



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>From: "davemarc" <davemarc at panix.com>
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snip
> As far as I can tell, it's very much a
> matter of taste and TP's ambiguity, which seems to get disproportionately
> little consideration in this forum.  Considering TP's explicit embrace of
> Surrealism and some of the interminable polar literary disputes here, it's
> clear to me that ambiguity is a very, very significant aesthetic tool for
> TP, and that much trouble may arise when it's ignored.

Point taken, but there is also that reference in the *Slow Learner* intro to
his own favourite early story, 'The Secret Integration': "I could also with
an easy mind see axed much of the story's less responsible Surrealism." (22)



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