Tom and Harry

[Paul Mackin]

On 8/22/2011 6:20 AM, Henry M wrote:
> http://www.cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2011/08/22/potter-ends-remarkable-high
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> Is this is the kind of claptrack that passes for thoughtful writing at
> Cornell these days?
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> "Lucky for me, we inhabit a post-modern moment that offers a variety
> of literature to reflect our confusion. Try pulling a thread of
> morality out of Pynchon, Delillo or Foster Wallace and you’ll surely
> see why. As a reader of contemporary American literature, I can’t help
> but notice that not only is morality out of style, but so are dramatic
> conclusions and linear structure. All of these structures seem overly
> romantic and most authors employ them only ironically. In an attempt
> to mirror real life, 21st century literature is incomplete, erratic
> and kind of unsatisfying."

I guess the author is undecided about what he really wants.

"Lucky for me" is sort of ironic, but so is "kind of unsatisfying."

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> Henry Mu
> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
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