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Dead Letters
on John Barth
on John Barth
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mandarin
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(noun) historically, a high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire OR a pedantic or elitist bureaucrat OR senior person of influence in academia or literary circles / (adj) deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist
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In an ecstasy of mandarin narcissism, you go further.
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In an ecstasy of mandarin narcissism, you go further.
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palimpsest
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a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
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it becomes a palimpsest of literary-historical-stlistic sources and allusions
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it becomes a palimpsest of literary-historical-stlistic sources and allusions
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peregrinations
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(verb) to travel especially on foot; walk / (verb) to walk or travel over; traverse
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Intimacy with the erotic peregrinations of Lord Byron is equally requisite.
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Intimacy with the erotic peregrinations of Lord Byron is equally requisite.
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rifacimento
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a recasting or adaptation especially of a literary work or musical composition
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His ear for parody, pastiche, rifacimento, satiric takeoff is exceptional.
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His ear for parody, pastiche, rifacimento, satiric takeoff is exceptional.
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