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Tag: literature

Posted on June 10, 2018June 10, 2018
Cat Links Letters

#53 On equipment for living

Dear Mat, One of my favourite formulations of literature — as opposed to myth — is Kenneth Burke’s claim that it is equipment for living. Literature provides us with new perspectivesContinue reading#53 On equipment for living

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#51 On quality

Mathew Posted on April 24, 2018May 9, 2018

Dear Mat, Could there be a cult based on Hamlet? Sure, cults (short lived belief systems) spring up all over the place all the time. But I’m pretty sure it would never become a religionContinue reading#51 On quality

Cat Links Letters

#50 On depth

Mathew Posted on April 11, 2018April 11, 2018

Dear Jamie, That was my favourite letter in some time. Thank you. I also love irony, at least when I’m aware of it. The progression of agency in the historyContinue reading#50 On depth

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Faking It With Freestone: Literature

Mathew Posted on May 15, 2011July 15, 2013

Of all the many great topics one could learn about, I pretend to have learnt the most about literature. This is the home wicket with predictable bounce for the pseudo-intellectual.Continue readingFaking It With Freestone: Literature

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