In Praise of the Long Sentence

John Bailey sundayjb at gmail.com
Sun Apr 17 21:37:06 CDT 2016


An infuriating essay I mentioned here a little while ago has had its
paywall removed.

The (hugely respected) author spends the first few paragraphs arguing
that Pynchon and Frank Kermode wouldn't recognise a grammatically
correct sentence if they stumbled over it.

https://meanjin.com.au/essays/in-praise-of-the-long-sentence/
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