Thanks for mentioning Isherwood, Chris.
I used to love instructing students about f i d, but never used Isherwood
samples.
Who would ya say are the other greats, guys?
And where is it in poetry, wd you say?
And where are its beginnings and inventors and pioneers?
Answer on one side of the page only.
Max
Quoting Chris Jones <[log in to unmask]>:
> On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 11:51 -0500, Peter ciccariello wrote:
> > I like the ones of yours that are seen from above yet
> > appear to be fastened to a wire grid on a wall. I am intrigued by the
> > ambiguity of POV.
>
> This is interesting because it makes me think of Christopher Isherwood
> saying; I am a camera. Interesting in that Isherwood is one of the
> greats when it comes to free indirect discourse. Even his later small
> novel, A Single Man, is so enmeshed in FID that you are basically
> unaware what is happening or from what POV you the reader are in.
>
> Best, Chris Jones.
>
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