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Dear Sergei,
I appreciate your part in this discussion. I don't know how much it
resembles New Wye, but Messiah College is, in some ways, rather
Arcadian.
Re: the text/texture bit, you said: "The difference between Shade
and Kinbote is more in texture and style, than can be derived from
various “keys” planted here an there."
Can you explain this a bit more? I don't think I'm understanding your
point. My idea was, simply, that counterpoint and texture (especially
as it relates to different voices in music) seem to be concepts which
speak to ("PF" + Commentary) much more than ("PF") by itself.
I happen to think your point about tension in the novel (and how it
collapses if Kinbote doesn't exist outside of Shade) is compelling. I
will try, in a future post, to craft an apt response, but for right now
I'll say that I think that the notion of how we read and re-read PF has
to be examined more closely.
Best,
Matt Roth
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I appreciate your part in this discussion. I don't know how much it
resembles New Wye, but Messiah College is, in some ways, rather
Arcadian.
Re: the text/texture bit, you said: "The difference between Shade
and Kinbote is more in texture and style, than can be derived from
various “keys” planted here an there."
Can you explain this a bit more? I don't think I'm understanding your
point. My idea was, simply, that counterpoint and texture (especially
as it relates to different voices in music) seem to be concepts which
speak to ("PF" + Commentary) much more than ("PF") by itself.
I happen to think your point about tension in the novel (and how it
collapses if Kinbote doesn't exist outside of Shade) is compelling. I
will try, in a future post, to craft an apt response, but for right now
I'll say that I think that the notion of how we read and re-read PF has
to be examined more closely.
Best,
Matt Roth
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