on John Barth
(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
In an ecstasy of mandarin narcissism, you go further.
In an ecstasy of mandarin narcissism, you go further.
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
it becomes a palimpsest of literary-historical-stlistic sources and allusions
it becomes a palimpsest of literary-historical-stlistic sources and allusions
(verb) to travel especially on foot; walk / (verb) to walk or travel over; traverse
Intimacy with the erotic peregrinations of Lord Byron is equally requisite.
Intimacy with the erotic peregrinations of Lord Byron is equally requisite.
a recasting or adaptation especially of a literary work or musical composition
His ear for parody, pastiche, rifacimento, satiric takeoff is exceptional.
His ear for parody, pastiche, rifacimento, satiric takeoff is exceptional.