Comments on: The Straying of Writing http://vocamus.net/jlh/2009/02/23/the-straying-of-writing/ Reading, writing, continental philosophy, documentary film, and, of course, fruit preserves Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:06:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jeremylukehill http://vocamus.net/jlh/2009/02/23/the-straying-of-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-650 jeremylukehill Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:17:06 +0000 http://vocamus.net/jlh/?p=785#comment-650 Curtis, You are identifying one of the important functions of the anonymous figure that de Certeau is describing: it does not appear as a substantial figure that imposes itself on our gaze, but only as a ghostly figure that requires us to make it substantial, that invites us to participate in its appearance, and that, for this reason, involves us actively in the remembering of the text. Curtis,

You are identifying one of the important functions of the anonymous figure that de Certeau is describing: it does not appear as a substantial figure that imposes itself on our gaze, but only as a ghostly figure that requires us to make it substantial, that invites us to participate in its appearance, and that, for this reason, involves us actively in the remembering of the text.

]]> By: Curtis http://vocamus.net/jlh/2009/02/23/the-straying-of-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Curtis Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:35:28 +0000 http://vocamus.net/jlh/?p=785#comment-647 I am not exactly sure I understand this, but I am struck with the idea of this 'phantom' man with such protagonists as Catcher in the Rye and Farenheit 451. Something of the idea you could never honestly nor successfully cast these roles [one of the main criticisms of 451 movie] because Holden the most is unseen yet seen as you me or anyone. I am not exactly sure I understand this, but I am struck with the idea of this ‘phantom’ man with such protagonists as Catcher in the Rye and Farenheit 451. Something of the idea you could never honestly nor successfully cast these roles [one of the main criticisms of 451 movie] because Holden the most is unseen yet seen as you me or anyone.

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