Misc. Degeneration

[Mark Kohut]

Which may be one of many reasons why his book is just a footnote in social history,
for its popularity and effect, not its enduring quality.


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From: "malignd at aol.com" <malignd at aol.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 5:41:08 PM
Subject: Re: Misc. Degeneration


<<"Nordau believed that degeneracy was caused by industrialized society---literally the wear and tear [my italics]
exerted on leaders by railways, steamships, telephones and factories".
 
do you think?>> 

How does he explain Caligula?




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