In Praise of the Long Sentence

[Mark Kohut]

Yes....a critical thought that goes further than I have yet thought, but do now. one might say, " all those clear sentences, so little meaning" --but that is not a sentence, is it? 

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> On Apr 18, 2016, at 6:52 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> "I assert that any sort of sound sentence is superior to any non-sentence because a sentence contains more meaning than a non-sentence."
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> It's like a postgraduate seminar in circular reasoning, confusion, and self-satisfaction just to watch Murnane fail to support that assertion. A thousand words later, it's actually *less* clear what it might mean. 
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>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 10:37 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> An infuriating essay I mentioned here a little while ago has had its
>> paywall removed.
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>> 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.
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>> https://meanjin.com.au/essays/in-praise-of-the-long-sentence/
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>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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