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Stanley Fish's "What do Spoilers Spoil?"

futureofwhen wrote 2 hours ago: I’ve been sitting on Stanley Fish’s article, “What do Spoilers Spoil” since it was published, but it … more →

Tags: Spoilers

Liberty and Shakespeare, Part Two

Allen Porter Mendenhall wrote 1 week ago: The following essay orginally appeared here at Mises Daily. The Later Works (1973 to present) It is … more →

Tags: arts & letters, Austrian economics, Economics 2, History, Humanities, Law 2, Law and Literature, Legal Education & Pedagogy, Liberalism

Words, Words and more Words4 comments

Andrew wrote 1 month ago: Cover of The Way of the Heart In his little book, The Way of the Heart, Henri Nouwen writes in respo … more →

Tags: Hermeneutics, Church of the Brethren, Henri Nouwen, Way of the Heart, language interpretation, Mean, Word

Religion, Evidence and Scientific Change

Joe wrote 1 month ago: There are no mere facts. At least that’s what New York Times opinion blogger, Stanley Fish, is argui … more →

Tags: Epistemology, Religion, Science

How to Write a Sentence

RVC wrote 1 month ago: Sentences, in the hands of a novice, are like sand and gravel, heaps standing in the corner, their r … more →

Tags: Books, Book Reviews, writing, Literature, Marilynne Robinson, Gilead, Edith Wharton, age of innocence, Reviews

The eye of the beholder3 comments

Richard Coyne wrote 1 month ago: Most liberal-minded people think they should tolerate the values, customs, and codes of others. Peop … more →

Tags: Architecture 2, critical theory, Philosophy, Relativism, Objectivism, Allan Bloom, richard rorty, richard j bernstein, Fundamentalism

How Do You Read?2 comments

Mike wrote 1 month ago: I was listening to an interview with Stanley Fish that was recorded not long after he published How … more →

Tags: Reading, General Notes, Reading 2, skimming, recorded books

2. The Milk of the Pure Word [Stanley Fish's Surprised by Sin]

Malcolm West wrote 1 month ago: One Reader’s Digest of Surprised by Sin, Chapter Two [i] (i)  The Formal Defense To say that w … more →

Tags: Literary criticism, British Literature, Milton, Reading Digests, Reader-response, Paradise Lost, Fishplates, John Milton, Reader Response

Quote of the Day

nevalalee wrote 1 month ago: Verbal fluency is the product of many hours spent writing about nothing, just as musical fluency is … more →

Tags: writing, Quote Of The Day, How to Write a Sentence and how to Read One

1. Not so much a Teaching as an Intangling [Stanley Fish's Surprised by Sin]

Malcolm West wrote 2 months ago:   One Reader’s Digest of Surprised by Sin, Chapter One [i] (i)  The Defects of Our Hearers It … more →

Tags: Literary criticism, British Literature, Milton, Reading Digests, Reader-response, Paradise Lost, Fishplates, John Milton, Reader Response

Urgency of Accomplishment

Michael wrote 3 months ago: This is from Stanley Fish’s How To Write A Sentence. Mortality is the condition of being able … more →

Tags: Quotes, writing, How to Write a Sentence

History and Future of the Book: In Which I Complain about Stanley Fish3 comments

Marcus wrote 3 months ago: In general, I like to think of myself as disinclined to complain. Especially when it comes to readin … more →

Tags: History and Future of the Book

George Herbert and the Day Job2 comments

bebrowed wrote 3 months ago: Two Mollys on Blue - Sarah Small I’m reading Herbert’s instruction manual for parish pri … more →

Tags: Literature, Poetry & Literature, History, Literary criticism, Books, Theology, Poetics, Poem, Simon Jarvis

The Anger of Achilles

djlane wrote 4 months ago: Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Achilles, Murderous and doomed. —The Iliad. Book I. The Bob Hope got … more →

Tags: Golf, John Milton, PGA Tour, Chicago Daily News, Clem Lane, Silver Rock Golf Course, Justin Leonard

Reitha Pattison and the superbly obscure

bebrowed wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been meaning to write this for a while but I’ve been thinking about instead, which … more →

Tags: Literature, Poetry & Literature, Literary criticism, Poetics, Paul Celan, J H Prynne, word order, george steiner, clavics

The Digital Humanities and Interpretation - NYTimes.com

rhymerchick wrote 4 months ago: You might wonder, for example, what place or location names appear in American literary texts publis … more →

Tags: digital humanities, Interpetation, Data Mining

Morris Zapp and the Playful Fish

markmcdayter wrote 4 months ago: Stanley Fish is an important critic. Let’s begin with that essential statement of fact, because it i … more →

Tags: Reviews, Theoretical studies, form, Digital Humanities, Theory, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, New York Times, Text Mining, literary meaning

Grading the teacher7 comments

englishteacherconfessions wrote 4 months ago: It’s the weekend again—hallelujah.  Because I don’t have that much work to do right now (no dreaded … more →

Tags: Teaching, Education, English, teacher evaluations

REBIRTH OF THE AUTHOR

Katherine Groo wrote 4 months ago: A follow-up to my last post on virtual conferences: Over the last two to three years, the term “digi … more →

Tags: drafts, Film (2), Higher Education, Digital Humanities, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, New York Times, NYTimes, Opionionator, Transcending of Morality


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