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The Last Samurai Reread
by Lee Konstantinou
May 15, 2023 - May 15, 2023 (read, literary-criticism)

Konstantinou, L. (2022). The Last Samurai Reread. Columbia University Press.


Columbia University Press, 2022. 144 pages. Paperback. 9780231185837

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the illusory quest of a perfectly mathematized re…
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Ludo’s failure would seem to support the conclusi…
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DeWitt’s vision of art is political
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through the organ of sight instead of recognition
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there are so many things that have never been done
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as long as we live in a world of wasted potential
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Preface: The Last Samurai, Unread

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Preface: The Last Samurai, Unread

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1. A Little Potboiler

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A Little Potboiler

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2. Helen DeWitt’s Aesthetic Education

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Helen DeWitt’s Aesthetic Education

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3. Synergy Is Crap

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Synergy Is Crap

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4. Fuck The Chicago Manual of Style

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Fuck The Chicago Manual of Style

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5. The Best Book of the Forty-Fifth Century

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The Best Book of the Forty-Fifth Century

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Coda: Through a Hole in the Wall

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