VLVL2 (1) "More is Less"�

[Dave Monroe]

Well, again, yr modernism, yr 1984, both/and ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, I did read the link I posted, but I think the
> name of the shop derives from Mies, rather than
> from Fuller or Browning's 'Andrea del Sarto' ...
>
> The structure of and paradox in the phrase parallels
> Orwell's "Doublespeak" constructions, I agree, but
> I can't see that there's any real semantic or
> thematic connection beyond that.[...] But, yes,
> it's possible there's a resonance there,
> particularly in the light of the "1984" dateline in
> the novel's opening sentence. Perhaps there's a
> point about the way that Orwell's "Doublespeak" has
> been appropriated by the culture of capitalism as a
> commercial slogan ...

Doublespeak (not Orwell's coinage, by the way, but
it's been used, and serves well here) IS the language
of capitalism and its politics ...

http://landru.i-link-2.net/monques/dblspk.html

http://www.orwelltoday.com/dblspkthennow.shtml

http://www.ncte.org/council_awards/doublespeak.shtml

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/7474/ohdblspk.html

http://www.ncte.org/lists/doublespeak/

http://students.faulkner.edu/depts/sbs/readings/an1301/double.htm

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