tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post5386899062116780849..comments2024-03-21T06:54:52.136-04:00Comments on Wisdom of the West: RealismsJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-43055656007506246222009-03-17T18:17:00.000-04:002009-03-17T18:17:00.000-04:00Funny how dangerous it is to "comment" without emo...Funny how dangerous it is to "comment" without emoticons, eh? (I'd write "laugh" here but I've already used it twice on your page) And, yet, I still refuse to use the fekkers...A. Ominoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807400943709124236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-77080461341411825132009-03-17T00:59:00.000-04:002009-03-17T00:59:00.000-04:00Not knowing my Kundera leaves me unable to respond...Not knowing my Kundera leaves me unable to respond intelligently. [Shame] I shall hunt down 'The Curtain' [Grit, Determination], then maybe we can talk. [Humility]<BR/><BR/>'Til then, thanks for commenting [Sincerity] and pointing me in the write(-rly) [Attempt at Humor] direction.<BR/><BR/>'Deeply Middlebrow' = 'Sterling Mediocrity'?<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Jim H.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-32083596026735390242009-03-16T14:17:00.000-04:002009-03-16T14:17:00.000-04:00"Both Wood and Smith are arguing FOR realism, they..."Both Wood and Smith are arguing FOR realism, they just differ over which flavor of realism they prefer."<BR/><BR/>Coincidentally (wink), both James and Zadie are stylish mavens of the deeply middlebrow! Kundera's *writerly* (rather than hackademic/yackademic or faux-Bloom) meditations on the novel... (The Curtain deals with Zadie's notion of the "lyrical" with satisfying precision, establishing A. Ominoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807400943709124236noreply@blogger.com