poseurs in "pomographic magazines"
Doug Millison
DMillison at ftmg.net
Fri Jul 6 16:21:57 CDT 2001
Where's Terrance when we need him? He seems to have a line on Swift and
Pynchon.
This article looks interesting:
http://www.essex1.com/people/mcneill/Writ/Non-Fict/Crit/Lit/swift.htm
Here's a nice sounding bibliography with a couple of links (including the
above):
http://www.jaffebros.com/lee/gulliver/sources/part4.html
and a glimpse at a familiar-sounding problem: "The persistent simple
approach is that Swift shared Gulliver's views and intended the Yahoos to
represent humanity as it really is and that the Houyhnhnms represent a truly
superior way of life. In this light many have rejected Swift as a
misanthrope. [...] On the other hand, there is a growing awareness that
Swift's portrait of the Houyhnhnms was also harsh and that he did not share
Gulliver's infatuation with his hosts. The possibility that Swift was
presenting us with two untenable choices greatly changes we might understand
the work. "
Otto:
"Nice typo, but what is "the gentle Houyhnhnm spirit buried in us all"? I
have an idea what the author means but I don't know the term."
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