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hello, i like book. i'm re-reading blood meridian, one of my favorites. the meandering, lack-of-plot thing the book does is much less bothersome on re-reading. i still like it for the same reasons i used to: the poetic descriptions of nature, the biblical style of writing, the character of the judge, etc i'm also (slowly) reading a book called analyzing prose by richard lanham. he's trying to provide a set of descriptive categories and vocabulary for describing style, because he thinks that most people, even like his english students, aren't able to say why they think something is well written or not with any sort of clarity. i guess his thesis is that unless you can look at and describe prose, you can't really evaluate it all that well. it's a cool book, and helops me notice things about other books i read that i wouldn't have, but it's taking me a long time to get thru ---------------- |
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