At 00:50 28/10/2000 +1100, Ivy wrote:
>At 09:27 27/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>It might be worth mentioning that _The Silent Woman_ is not so much
>>pro-Ted Hughes as anti-anti-Ted Hughes, and concentrates not on Plath and
>>Hughes per se, but on the Plath industry and posthumous receptions. I
>>think it's a fascinating account of the perils of writing biography.
>
>An interesting distinction: 'anti-anti-Ted Hughes'.
>
>Happy birthday, Sylvia Plath! (Oct 27, 1932)
>
Who is Sylvia? The industry provides us with a plathora of Sylvias.
'Anti-anti-Ted Hughes' seems a usage similar to not uncommon. 'Not uncommon'
does not mean common. I'm not always sure what the useage does mean.
>i think therefore iamb.
>
Ivy, you grow on me, but I'm old and don't move too fast.
Being a retired engineer I am an expert at being an amateur in the
humanities. However, I have a fondness for poetry. Due to much usage I have
had to tape together "Invitation to Poetry" by Lloyd Frankenberg.
Uncertainly yours,
David
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