tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779954673775674866.post1565226126765854201..comments2021-07-17T12:14:41.286-04:00Comments on Peculiar Susceptibility: Wading ankle-deep in the bluebellsMeghan Maguire Dahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138110914288959239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779954673775674866.post-76832156706192205782008-12-11T15:41:00.000-05:002008-12-11T15:41:00.000-05:00You know, I was watching little clips of interview...You know, I was watching little clips of interviews with Zizek last night (WHEN I COULD NOT SLEEP) and he said something about the symbolic England and the symbolic Germany (and the symbolic France, although that works less well here) - about the great economic pragmatism of the English and the great Romanticism of German music and poetry. Of course, it's the clash between the the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes. Of course each family has figures that defy the symbolic order, but they can both afford to. Poor Leonard Bast, on the other hand, told by his education that he could achieve Great Things, does not realize that he is not capable of the same kind of mutability.<BR/><BR/>Anyway. Thanks for reading.Meghan Maguire Dahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138110914288959239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779954673775674866.post-610381718916126742008-12-11T13:56:00.000-05:002008-12-11T13:56:00.000-05:00Hopefully you won't meet any Schlegel sisters who'...Hopefully you won't meet any Schlegel sisters who'll come around and fuck up your life! Or any f'n Wilcoxes, either!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09249731794795389390noreply@blogger.com