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At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

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Of Nuance and Scruple

on Samuel Beckett

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a highly complimentary piece on Beckett, who apparently wrote more than just plays. he also translated some of his work himself, as he spoke both English and French. Steiner suggests he is the opposite of Henry James (because he refused to "see in language and literary form adequate realizations of human feelings or society"?)

Steiner, G. (2009). Of Nuance and Scruple. In Steiner, G. At the New Yorker. New Directions, pp. 176-185

ordure (en)

(noun) excrement / (noun) something that is morally degrading

185

The matter of his singsong is ordure, solitude, and the ghostly self-sufficiency that comes after a long fast.

—p.185 by George Steiner
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The matter of his singsong is ordure, solitude, and the ghostly self-sufficiency that comes after a long fast.

—p.185 by George Steiner
unknown
7 years, 6 months ago