by
Katie Roiphe
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The Bratty Bystander
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terms
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prurient
(en)
(adj) having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
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a culture more enamored of prurient gossip than of literature itself
on biographies of great writers
notable
9 years, 1 month ago
a culture more enamored of prurient gossip than of literature itself
on biographies of great writers
notable
9 years, 1 month ago
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[...] There is no poetry, no glory, in this story, no secret communion, no mystical collaboration, no intangible collusion, between father and daughter, only pointless, run-of-the-mill human suffering. Instead of the subtle literary pas de deux between Joyce and his daughter, the truth is more painful and nonsensical: a woman's life was wasted. [...]
on Joyce's daughter Lucia, who was institutionalised for most of her life
[...] There is no poetry, no glory, in this story, no secret communion, no mystical collaboration, no intangible collusion, between father and daughter, only pointless, run-of-the-mill human suffering. Instead of the subtle literary pas de deux between Joyce and his daughter, the truth is more painful and nonsensical: a woman's life was wasted. [...]
on Joyce's daughter Lucia, who was institutionalised for most of her life