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Cat Man
on Louis-Ferdinand Celine
on Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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[...] It is, physically and mentally, well-nigh impossible to read those many hundreds of pages. And yet. As one forces oneself to leaf through this or that passage, the flashes of stylistic genius, of verbal incandescence strike one as might a brusque shiver of light across the sheen of a cesspool. [...]
[...] It is, physically and mentally, well-nigh impossible to read those many hundreds of pages. And yet. As one forces oneself to leaf through this or that passage, the flashes of stylistic genius, of verbal incandescence strike one as might a brusque shiver of light across the sheen of a cesspool. [...]
adjuring
(en)
(verb) to command solemnly under or as if under oath or penalty of a curse / (verb) to urge or advise earnestly
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Adjuring Western civilization to eliminate all Jews--men, women, and children--and to eradicate their very shadow from mankind
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7 years, 7 months ago
Adjuring Western civilization to eliminate all Jews--men, women, and children--and to eradicate their very shadow from mankind
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
Rabelaisian
(en)
(adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of Rabelais or his works / (adjective) marked by gross robust humor, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism
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Céline's private manner and literary work are immersed in a black laughter of Rabelaisian propoirtions.
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7 years, 7 months ago
Céline's private manner and literary work are immersed in a black laughter of Rabelaisian propoirtions.
notable
7 years, 7 months ago
ordure
(en)
(noun) excrement / (noun) something that is morally degrading
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[...] By comparison, Ezra Pound's cracker-barrel Fascism, the deeply incised anti-Semitism of T.S. Eliot, and W.H. Auden's call for "the necessary urder" (this time at behest of the left) are thin stuff. It is the sheer weight of Céline's racist vituperations [...]
useful material for my kill-your-heroes post (as background--I don't necessarily agree with his conclusions here)
[...] By comparison, Ezra Pound's cracker-barrel Fascism, the deeply incised anti-Semitism of T.S. Eliot, and W.H. Auden's call for "the necessary urder" (this time at behest of the left) are thin stuff. It is the sheer weight of Céline's racist vituperations [...]
useful material for my kill-your-heroes post (as background--I don't necessarily agree with his conclusions here)
vituperation
(en)
(noun) sustained and bitter railing and condemnation; vituperative utterance / (noun) an act or instance of vituperating
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It is the sheer weight of Céline's racist vituperations
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7 years, 7 months ago
It is the sheer weight of Céline's racist vituperations
confirm
7 years, 7 months ago