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Dead Letters

on John Barth

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On Barth's novel Letters and its intolerable narcisissm

Steiner, G. (2009). Dead Letters. In Steiner, G. At the New Yorker. New Directions, pp. 157-161

(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

158

In an ecstasy of mandarin narcissism, you go further.

—p.158 by George Steiner
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In an ecstasy of mandarin narcissism, you go further.

—p.158 by George Steiner
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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

158

it becomes a palimpsest of literary-historical-stlistic sources and allusions

—p.158 by George Steiner
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it becomes a palimpsest of literary-historical-stlistic sources and allusions

—p.158 by George Steiner
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(verb) to travel especially on foot; walk / (verb) to walk or travel over; traverse

159

Intimacy with the erotic peregrinations of Lord Byron is equally requisite.

—p.159 by George Steiner
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Intimacy with the erotic peregrinations of Lord Byron is equally requisite.

—p.159 by George Steiner
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a recasting or adaptation especially of a literary work or musical composition

160

His ear for parody, pastiche, rifacimento, satiric takeoff is exceptional.

—p.160 by George Steiner
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His ear for parody, pastiche, rifacimento, satiric takeoff is exceptional.

—p.160 by George Steiner
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