tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post688964733945842554..comments2024-02-12T03:04:46.091-08:00Comments on AttackingtheDemi-Puppets: Eggers' Puppet EmpireKing Wenclashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13709139159194279478noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post-68443533595738473112009-01-10T09:10:00.000-08:002009-01-10T09:10:00.000-08:00"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we pra..."Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."<BR/>-Walter Scott<BR/>**************<BR/>The Eggers Gang has practiced a lot of deception, which did greatly weaken the literary rebellion-- but the jigsaw pieces are beginning to fall into place.<BR/>Amazing to me is the way esteemed writers like Handler and Bissell could turn themselves into rank apologists, and fulfill so assiduously the Eggers "directive" as predicted in the John Homans 2002 article.<BR/>Interesting story, by the way, in the current Harpers by Heidi Julavits.<BR/>As confused as the story is, in typical pomo fashion, one can take an interesting meaning from it, starting with the curious Cincinnati setting. . . .<BR/>(There's a lot of dots to connect if one cares to-- for the puzzle solvers in this audience.)King Wenclashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709139159194279478noreply@blogger.com