Gosh, Randolph, anyone would think I was capable of being mischeivous. Me?
Perish the thought.
But I believe Darwin thought of -himself- in that respect, of being
'literary blind' that is, not mischeivous, altho' my real point of corps was
the acceptance of scientific language as 'authoritative', particularly
remembering that the initiators of scientific language, like the 17th
century Royal Society, were specifically opposed to certain functions of
language that are what one might consider poetic, like metaphor.
david bircumshaw
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From: T. R. Healy and L. MacMahon <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Supernatural
> I know what you're saying David, but I'd hesitate to link a term like
> "literary blindness" to Darwin. A lovely writer.
>
> best
>
> Randolph Healy
>
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> From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Supernatural
>
>
> > I think it particularly apt that, on the twists and twines of cheerful
> > reflections and unfashionable thoughts, we have ended up on the verge of
> > going to see a horror movie.
> > I have spoken to the local elves about this, while they were not busy
> > pretending to be bus-stops, and they assure me this is because of a
> certain
> > timorousness among today's poets, in being afraid of complaining about
> > Darwin's literary blindness, and thereby acquiescing to Extinctions of
> > Species.
> > Such as the Tawny Rogue Bard or the Greater Spotted Prophet.
> > Creatures whose habitats, like the elves, have been made marginal by the
> > Advancement of Science.
> >
> > david bircumshaw
> >
> >
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