M & D Deep Duck Misc.

[alice malice]

Melville resounds, reverberates, thunders, rumbles, grumbles, roars,
and tangles in ambiguities the lines of M&D. Not to mention much of
P's greater works.

Again: as the profound calm which only apparently precedes and
prophesies of the storm, is perhaps more awful than the storm itself;
for, indeed, the calm is but the wrapper and envelope of the storm;
and contains it in itself, as the seemingly harmless rifle holds the
fatal powder, and the ball, and the explosion; so the graceful repose
of the line, as it silently serpentines about the oarsmen before being
brought into actual play- this is a thing which carries more of true
terror than any other aspect of this dangerous affair. But why say
more? All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters
round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden
turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, everpresent
perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the
whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than
though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a
harpoon, by your side.

M-D, Ch. 60, "The Line"

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>hints, verbal whiffs
>
> I finished Empire of Necessity, and Benito Cerreno -- the (white) Spanish
> "captain" whose rebellious slaves actually command the ship -- will
> henceforward be closer in my mind to Weissmann/Blicero than ever
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I like that....did not come close to seeing it although I know The Dead
>> twice...
>> but I think you are right....
>>
>> Which is reminding me....I think TRP has lots of lit echoes, as always,
>> but
>> many times, as just hints, just verbal whiffs, riffing on whether than
>> actually
>> alluding often.
>>
>> I have mentioned The Tempest. See if you see the famous end of The Great
>> Gatsby
>> in places?....waves + beating back...or am i just projecting what is
>> only "natural" ways of writing
>> about such?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 8:04 AM, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Yes, the entire paragraph is beautifully composed.
>> >
>> > Reminds of "The Dead"
>> >
>> > "The Snow Is General All Over Ireland"
>> >
>> >
>> > http://drmstream.com/2010/03/snow-was-general-all-over-ireland-the-last-paragraph-of-joyces-the-dead/
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/publicationsprizes/discoveries/discoveriesfall1997/01louisabennion.pdf
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> p. 6...P, always observing, sez everyone-- with a lyrical phrase I
>> >> love: "Clouds blown to Chalksmears" .
>> >> Haven't we all seen that but not with those words?
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