Master of Petersburg

[Joe Allonby]

Thanks. It seemed like to frivolous a word to be of such ancient origin.
Very cool.

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 3:31 PM, <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

>          Joe Allonby
>          OK, maybe I'm an idiot. What is "psycopomp"?
>
> A "psychopomp" is the character/spirit/soul that guides you to the
> underworld.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopomp
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Joe Allonby" <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> To: "Thomas Eckhardt" <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:30:28 +0000
> Subject: Re: Master of Petersburg
> OK, maybe I'm an idiot. What is "psycopomp"? Is that a new expression you
> kids have today?
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Thomas Eckhardt <
> thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>
>> I also enjoy "grim" a bit. Although I think that the protagonist's "strong
>> opinions" fit the description, I have to admit that "Diary of a Bad Year"
>> can be outright funny (something I thought I'd never say about anything
>> written by Coetzee). As for the hot babe as psychopomp, perhaps Coetzee has
>> given up subtlety at the same time as grimness...
>>
>> More generally speaking, there is a fine line in literature between
>> grimness/darkness of world view and pretentiousness. I don't think Coetzee
>> is pretentious, but I imagine that the charge could be brought up against
>> him. I am also thinking of Cormac McCarthy whom I have not read. Any
>> thoughts?
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>>
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