On 7/22/07, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>And I presume the instances of 'if' sprinkled throughout the book are
>tributes to Kipling?
please expand.
are you indicating that trying to see significance in the actual source of a
quoted text is a meaningless exercise? as meaningless as reading the usage
of "if" as a homage to Kipling?
That was partially what I was pointing to.
one could possibly dwell on Eco and Heller, but in the specific context of
section 63, it wouldn't have mattered much if the quote was not attributed.
The content of the quote - thinking about signs and the way they 'point' to
meaning - is quite relevant to the discussion that happens in the section.
The other part of my comment was that it is immaterial how many clever
references to other work a book makes, if it is unintelligible to a
vast majority of readers or ghastly to read. The references to
_Slautherhouse Five_ in Heller's _Good as Gold_ does not make Good...
a, ummm, good book.
Thaths
On 7/22/07, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 7/21/07, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > also,
> > section 63 starts with a quote from Heller's Catch 22
>
> And I presume the instances of 'if' sprinkled throughout the book are
> tributes to Kipling?
>
> Thats
> --
> Homer: He has all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't
> buy.
> Marge: What's that?
> Homer: (pause) A dinosaur.
> -- Homer J. Simpson
> Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without
> Borders
>
>
--
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does the frog know it has a latin name?
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--
Homer: He has all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy.
Marge: What's that?
Homer: (pause) A dinosaur.
-- Homer J. Simpson
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