;) that's why I snipped it, Doug!
Reminds me, though, of the debate stirred by Bergson's essay on laughter and
the comic, which evinced a kneejerk contrariness in Russell (as one might
expect).
P
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Douglas Barbour
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> Subject: Re: a roundtable discussion on humor in poetry at jacket
> magazine
>
> Absolutely, even if I don't fully agree about the target....
>
> Although it is true that talking about the comic has a built in
> slippery slope (& I certainly ain't going to do it).
>
> Doug
> On 9-Jul-07, at 5:10 PM, Peter Cudmore wrote:
>
> > That's one to cut out & keep...
> >
> > P
> >
> >> The discussion resembles what might happen if several Adorno clones
> >> were asked to discuss jazz.
> >
> >
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