The review reminded me of the style of the "Children of the Sun", a Pessoa
meets Firbank, arch and camp, and very indulgent -- but nevertheless
enjoyable. But it troubles me that the author felt the necessity to hide
behind one of Pessoa's personae, A cad if there ever was one. Lol. For
those who haven't read the piece. Here are snippets: I concur.
I observed that many of these Englishmen appeared to write much about their
flatus and asked was that not abhorrent? "It is abhorrent but it is not
unusual," said my friend "for the English are cold to themselves, and
therefore need to feel warm. Their tragedy is that they feel the air passing
through them: ours is that they expect us all to inhale it".
Then (I countered) is this not a land of pretenders, where many think
themselves 'outlaws' yet seem so enslaved by the customs they revile? (I
thought of their strange national batabob, Hamilton HeaneyHughes, whose name
was often mentioned that day).
"It is not strange at all," answered my friend. "For a whore to be fully
licensed, we must first establish her total depravity! For many there are
who seek employment in the universities only to take from the hand that
slaps them the bread at which they snarl."
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差出人 : R I Caddel <[log in to unmask]>
宛先 : british n irish poets <[log in to unmask]>
日時 : 1999年6月28日 4:56
件名 : Re: your mail
>On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, K.M. Sutherland wrote:
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>> I'm surprized you didn't like the cccp review, Peter. Does no-one think
>> it's a masterpiece of satire?
>
>- Is this a trick question? No, I didn't think it was a masterpiece of
>anything, tho I suppose like so much of this stuff you had to be there. It
>seemed quite a nice little Cambridge period piece in an undergradish kind
>of way. I can see this kind of write-up becoming a tradition of a kind...
>
>Of course it's a trick question. Silly me.
>
>RC
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