tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post1399627458424089351..comments2024-03-28T06:07:03.667-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: HOW I SPEND MY DAYRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-77165134200495499112018-04-03T10:35:20.763-04:002018-04-03T10:35:20.763-04:00I took the "influential anxieties of race and...I took the "influential anxieties of race and gender" to be a -- perhaps slightly strained? -- dig at Harold Bloom's <i>The Anxiety of Influence</i>, simply b.c of the juxtaposition of "influential" and "anxieties." My (rather ignorant) impression though is that Bloom has never been preoccupied w race/gender. Perhaps that's the point? Whatever. It's still funny. LFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-72661137297323690582018-04-03T10:19:39.358-04:002018-04-03T10:19:39.358-04:00It is a brilliantly funny attack on standard Yale ...It is a brilliantly funny attack on standard Yale style literary criticism and the manifold ways in which it misunderstands, distorts, demeans, or unintentionally savages the Black experience and literature, complete with an over the top burlesque of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-9873399146699509472018-04-03T06:24:28.268-04:002018-04-03T06:24:28.268-04:00Well clearly your colleague is a wit, but what was...Well clearly your colleague is a wit, but what was the paper really all about? Charles Pigdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131765562671298571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-64075091071917146362018-04-02T21:06:35.009-04:002018-04-02T21:06:35.009-04:00p.s. One could deconstruct it, but I think that wo...p.s. One could deconstruct it, but I think that would be, for lack of a better word, overkill. LFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-27060490218593393082018-04-02T21:02:30.156-04:002018-04-02T21:02:30.156-04:00The subtitle, clearly intended to be amusing, is i...The subtitle, clearly intended to be amusing, is indeed amusing.LFCnoreply@blogger.com