The Strange Case of the Missing Joyce Scholar

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Thu Jun 14 04:17:44 CDT 2018


I think a 'horror of the void' is possessed by antic all-encompassing epic novels if that is part
of their theme. As it can be in even lyric poems. 

Otherwise, I think a horror of the void may be behind all writing. 

> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 6:49 PM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lovely bit of literary sleuthing by the very fine writer Jack Hitt. I like
> the theory that the antic all-encompassing epic novels (eg GR) possess a
> horror of the void.
> 
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2018, 7:14 AM Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
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> > https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/magazine/the-strange-case-of-the-missing-joyce-scholar.html
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