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Cantos This
That Pound should from the castle walls on high weight his Cantos with bricks, and with great gusto and abandon hurl these gems into the fosse so that the Philistines encamped and overnight drawn nigh should fall prey to such … Continue reading
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Tagged Cantos, Ezra Pound, jibberish, language, literature, poetry, profundity, writing
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College Board and the Great Books
Found this link at The Rage Diaries. Apparently the College Board (you know, the folks that gave us the SAT and ACT) has put together a list of 101 Great Books recommended to be read by those entering freshman year … Continue reading
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Tagged books, College Board, culture, Great Books, literature, reading
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My Blunderbuss versus the Western Can(n)on
So here’s the beef: Having effectively (unless suddenly the possesor of a winning Powerball ticket) pissed away my opportunities to pursue formal education, I find myself often wondering what exactly I might have been forced to study had I attended … Continue reading
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Tagged autodidactism, education, Great Books, literature, poetry, self-education
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