tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052308.post2616611064953028471..comments2024-01-24T06:50:01.683-06:00Comments on Samizdat Blog: Savage Aesthetics: Coherence and Ethics Then and NowArchambeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17273511539172747550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052308.post-34085197207485254112010-06-17T16:36:07.780-05:002010-06-17T16:36:07.780-05:00Coming to this late -- but that Shields quote is t...Coming to this late -- but that Shields quote is too irritating to let lie. To read a "novelly novel" today is to "pretend that life is still coherent"? Well, what did it mean for, say, Dickens's contemporary audience? -- were they revelling in the fact that life was coherent? Ockham pipes up in the back, suggesting that the fantasy of the coherence of life might have had just the same appeal 150 years ago as today.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052308.post-8670080905048812032010-05-23T08:31:02.908-05:002010-05-23T08:31:02.908-05:00Thanks, Tyrone -- Barfield's a smart guy. I d...Thanks, Tyrone -- Barfield's a smart guy. I discovered him last year, when I read his book on Coleridge. <br /><br />B.Archambeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273511539172747550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052308.post-82891447606126319822010-05-23T06:59:56.867-05:002010-05-23T06:59:56.867-05:00great stuff Bob--Barfield has it right on so many ...great stuff Bob--Barfield has it right on so many levels in terms of our anti-history culture, including the experimental poetry scene...tyronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893356047914344813noreply@blogger.com