>Well, Robertson's quite controversial among literary folk, especially postmodern types--something about authority, I believe. But even if he doesn't entirely convince, he's much more interesting than most of his detractors. Thanks to Jim Kerbaugh. I'm quite out of the loop, but Robertson's credentials & reputation would seem to be confirmed & safe with a passle of "postmodern type" detractors. He's probably not in favor with the Semioticists, either, which would clinch it. And my thanks to Otfried. Having decided that one major difference between him and myself might be that he actually *knows* something about this subject, and despite his usual patient courtesy, he has shamed me into looking into the history of this string on this list. Perhaps I can salvage a question or two after a bit of long-overdue self-enlightenment. Best to all from here, Christopher ____________________________________________________________________ More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%