These responses are far more articulate than what follows. Read them instead: Natalia Cecire, “New at This”: http://natalia.cecire.org/teaching/new-at-this/Keguro Macharia, “kburd: Caliban Responds”: https://thenewinquiry.com/blog/kburd-caliban-responds/ Still, some things I pondered this morning after reading Lisa Duggan’s Bully Blogger post (from 18 Aug) on the Ronell / Reitmar case: (1) We shouldn’t forget the rhetorical situation of the academic letter …
This week begins the Fall 2018 semester, and I am tasked with leading a group of 20 students through a course in Literary Criticism. Half of them are graduate students. I enjoy these courses a great deal, because I’m fascinated by the critical history of my field. I enjoy reading essays by Cleanth Brooks, revisiting the …
Last summer, I transferred the domain for my blog from WordPress to Squarespace. I’ll leave this version of the site up, but if you want to see newer posts, go to sketchingapresent.com. (Not that there are many new posts; I’m going to remedy that in 2018.) Thanks to those who’ve visited my WordPress site in …
24 June 2013 Two days ago I posted some thoughts on the first two paragraphs of Deleuze’s introduction to Difference and Repetition. Though I thought I could cover the next two paragraphs in a single post, I will definitely have to limit myself just to the third one. Re-emphasizing his earlier designation of repetition as …
