I didn't know you were a professor, Joe. That's nice. But I think the title
poet outranks it.
Andrew
On 25/10/2007, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Ken, you just don't like that I'm a professor. That's your problem, not
> mine. I quoted a workable standard definition of sentimentality. Why not
> respond to that.
>
> jd
>
> On 10/24/07, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > andrew burke wrote:
> > > I define sentimentality as the over-abundant expression of sentiment.
> > And
> > > sentiment as a mental feeling or emotion, often with connotations of
> > > clingingness. Clear as mud, Ken?
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> >
> > I am blessedly past the point of nodding my head and pretending I know
> > what's going on. I don't. Am I alone in sensing a kind of classism
> > (bad pun) here?--those who work in the academic environment vs. (yes,
> > versus) those who don't? The assumptions of shared languages seem to
> > break along those lines. Mud is good for the complexion, they say, but
> > the dog don't hunt here.
> >
> > ken
> >
> > ------------------
> > Kenneth Wolman rainermaria.typepad.com
> >
> > "I agree with the Chekhov character who, when in a crisis, he is
> > reminded that 'this, too, shall pass,' responds 'Nothing
> > passes.'"--Philip Roth
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Joseph Duemer
> Professor of Humanities
> Clarkson University
> [sharpsand.net]
>
--
Andrew
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