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Salvage #6: Evidence of Things Not Seen
by multiple authors (editors)

Salvage #6: Evidence of Things Not Seen
by multiple authors (editors)

Salvage #6: Evidence of Things Not Seen
by multiple authors (editors)

Thus, from the perspective of many educated political people, writing is something that one despises: an onerous task, a sacrifice one makes for the greater good. It results in left-wing writers becomingly aggressively boring, in an unconscious attempt to punish the reader: I've suffered for my writing, now it's your turn. Any writer who seems to be having a good time, revelling in the jouissance of writing, enjoying with rococo swagger the ornate sensuousness of language, is self-indulgent, a source of resentment. [...]

I'm not sure exactly who he's talking about (??) but the idea that writing should be something we enjoy is good

—p.27 Caedmon's Dream: On the Politics of Style (7) by Richard Seymour 5 years, 4 months ago