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  "thread": {
    "id": 2433,
    "subject": "Digest urth.v030.n012",
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    "first": "2000-11-01T09:18:58+00:00",
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      "message_id": "<urth-v0030-0077@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes",
        "address": "ddanehy at siebel.com"
      },
      "date": "2000-11-01T09:18:58+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) RE: Digest urth.v030.n012",
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          "text": "Re: the five genres of PEACE, good call Adam!  It seems so \nself-evident after you've said it that it seems surprising\nthat we haven't been using it as a mantra!"
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          "text": "What he said. And taking it a step further, incorporating something \nof Mantis' and a quick hack at something of my own. The generic \n\"topic\" is my contribution -- each of the major lit'ry genres has\na unique way of \"making meaning,\" but also a traditional set of\n\"topical\" concerns. The alchemical color and \"subject\" (my term)\ncome from Mantis' research a little while back.\n\n\n Part Name/     Genre       Generic       Alchemical     Alchemical\n Focal Char.                \"topic\"         color         \"subject\"\n\nAlden Dennis   Realism     Childhood,       Black      Guilt, origin,\n   Weer       (bildungs-   education                   latent forces\n                roman)\n\n  Olivia      Romantic      Romance,        White      Minor work, 1st\n            (\"screwball\")   treasure,                   transmutation,\n               comedy        choice                      quicksilver\n\nThe Alchemist   Horror      Monsters,        Red           Sulphur,\n  /Julius                  distortion,                     passion\n                           disturbance\n                            of order\n\n   Gold        Mystery      Discovery,       Gold             ???\n               (hard-      restoral of\n               boiled?)        order\n\nThe President Journalism?      ???            ???             ???\n\n\nThis tabular format will look familiar to lit majors from Stephen\nGilbert's _James Joyce's ULYSSES_. I suspect we could add several\nother columns. \n\nI put a query to \"journalism\" because I remain somewhat unconvinced of \nAdam's diagnosis of the genre of Part 5, but I don't have a better\nsuggestion to offer.\n\nI don't know much from alchemy, but suggestions for this column for\nParts four and five:\n\n4 -- falsehood, false achievement\n5 -- true achievement, the Great Work\n\nI also believe that another \"topical\" column might be added, moving\nfrom \"conflict\" for Part 1 to \"peace\" for Part 5.\n\n--dan'l"
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