Ta Andrew. However, when it comes to Benjamin I'll read him on
anything. And while he may be a fountainhead figure for many theorists,
he is simply too fine a writer (even in English translation, the
writing is so solid, finely tuned) to be placed so. He is simply one of
the great writers of the century & worthy of our attention.
Doug
On 2-Mar-07, at 6:02 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> Yes, I back Doug on the usefulness of Bakhtin. I also read Benjamin on
> 'storytelling' with interest.
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