On the Political Significance of the Abolition of Time in Literature
Let us begin with a question: when, precisely, did literature’s well know deployment of non-linear time begin? We know the Continue reading
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Becoming-insect through Clarice Lispector’s “The passion according to G.H.”
If I confirm my self and consider myself truthful, I’ll be lost because I won’t know where to inlay my Continue reading
[Hegel’s Glas]ses
It is a rare opportunity for a philosopher to have occasion to comment, not upon the written content of a Continue reading
The Quixote Sub Specie Aeternitatis: The Philosophical Significance of the Spanish Golden Age
Todo es mentira, ya verás La poesía es la única verdad Sacar belleza de este caos es virtud – Continue reading
Creating a Character, 2: Bernard Malamud and J.G. Ballard
The question remains: How does a skilled writer establish a good character in so few pages? And how does it relate to their overall style and composition?
Simulacrum in Literature: Baudrillard and Barthelme
Simulacrum, like many terms surrounding postmodernism, has been defined in a number of ways. Perhaps the simplest definition of the Continue reading
Creating a Character: Carver and Cheever
The short story, the ever neglected cousin of the novel, requires many of the same techniques used in the composition Continue reading
Blue Labyrinths 