Commonplace Book: 3 Random Passages from Richard Makin Novels
Bendy words heaped into bulwarks. Continue reading Commonplace Book: 3 Random Passages from Richard Makin Novels
Month: June 2023
CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Five
What Makin does in his literary projects is create meaning by both stripping down and overloading language with meaning. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Five
CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Four
Language is a toy, something played with, subverted, parodied, and explored. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Four
CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 3
Yet even an anti-novel is still a novel. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 3
CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Two
Both Ulysses and the Wake expose the frailties and chaos of language. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Two
CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 1
Richard Makin’s trilogy (Work, Dwelling, Mourning) represents a landmark achievement in (post)modern literature, one that avoids easy classification or explanation. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 1
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