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the problem with gaiman, mieville, and pullman
James Wynn · 30 Nov 2004, 11:05
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From: thewynns at earthlink.net (James Wynn) Date: Tue Nov 30 11:05:50 2004 Subject: (urth) the problem with gaiman, mieville, and pullman References: <BAY14-F150BE25CAE4B23ECC5CEDDF4BE0 at phx.gbl> Message-ID: <00ff01c4d70f$8f166f70$4c1e4b0a at vcorp.ad.vrsn.com> Crush is giddy about learning a new useful word: ag?on ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gn, -n, ?-gn) n. pl. a?gon?es (-gnz) 1.. A conflict, especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a work of literature. 2.. The part of an ancient Greek drama, especially a comedy, in which two characters engage in verbal dispute. 3.. A test of will; a conflict: "Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology" (Harold Bloom). 4.. A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- [Greek agn. See agony.] ~ Crush ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Mattingly" <eric_mattingly at hotmail.com> To: <urth-urth.net at lists.urth.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:53 PM Subject: RE: (urth) the problem with gaiman, mieville, and pullman > Hi. I am new to this site. This discussion interests me and I will toss in > my own "two cents" (as the kids are saying these days). > > Harold Bloom spends a lot of time discussing the intertextual "agons" or > battles of artistic superiority that each writer must undergo. I think his > theory is more or less obtuse depending on the author, but I think that we > can see something by the Bloomian book here with Mieville, Gaiman, Pullman, > etc. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 2658 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20041130/49f89c4b/attachment.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 62 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20041130/49f89c4b/attachment.gif -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 55 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20041130/49f89c4b/attachment-0001.gif -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 61 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20041130/49f89c4b/attachment-0002.gif -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 836 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20041130/49f89c4b/attachment-0003.gif -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 57 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20041130/49f89c4b/attachment-0004.gif -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 60 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20041130/49f89c4b/attachment-0005.gif
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