Which incident of literary repetition do you find more exhilerating?

[Paul Mackin]

Not only not exhilarating but downright horrible is Martin in Gabriel
Tallent's My Absolute Darling forcing himself on his 14 year old daughter
Turtle with repetition of the phrase Goddamn, Goddamn. Pretty much
throughout the book.

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:

> The "that is the law/are we not men" sequence in The Island of Dr. Moreau,
> while not what I'd call exhilarating, certainly sticks in the mind.
>
> Laura
>
> On Sep 3, 2017 11:11 PM, "jesse gooch" <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Part two of Howl is the first thing that comes to mind.
>>
>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 1:38 PM, Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> WAY too soon!!
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 1:38 PM Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> WAY too soon...
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 1:05 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Molly Bloom's orgasmic "Yes, yes, yes" soliloquy from JJ's Ulysses?
>>>> Or the Judge's terribly swirling dance at the end of CMcC's Blood
>>>> Meridian?
>>>>
>>>> I'll withhold my choice and reasoning after a few others have chimed in.
>>>>
>>>> Jerky
>>>>
>>>
>>
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