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restless roll

May 12 09

i am going through a bout of nightmares about my unfinished MA thesis and am losing a lot of sleep because of it.   It’s like the ghost of Old Hamlet is now speaking directly to me instead of his son: “Remember me…”

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To lie in cold obstruction / The undiscovered country

March 27 08

So the prof who I TA for lost a couple of the essays that were to be returned today. Since he’s flying to Mexico City for a conference on the Gothic (I know, I know), he’s asked me to mark the copies that the students will graciously email me this evening. I could [...]

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The Original, The Altered and The Aura

November 5 06

Some thoughts on adaptations: the original, the altered, and the aura.
We appear to live in a culture that values the “final original” version of a work (“Art” may be freely substituted if so desired). Galleries, libraries and museums promote and covet their artifacts, and the people in turn covet the institutions. [...]

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