Sun Tzu said that “In war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.” This is often interpreted as “Every battle is won before it is ever fought.” You can debate the meaning, but it really says …
Category: Literary Criticism and Notes
TO: Dr. Ellin M. Kelly FROM: James A. Nowakowski
One week after I received Dr. Kelly’s comments, I returned to class with my own envelope. Inside was my original paper, and the following 6-page rebuttal to her charges. Before class began, walked up to her desk and handed her the envelope, saying “I don’t think you’ll be too happy with this.” The transcribed from …
TO: Mr. Nowakowski FROM: Dr. Ellen M. Kelly
These are the scanned pages of Dr. Kelly’s comments on my paper for your review. Her handwriting is legible, and it’s probably better your read it for yourself if you are interested. You can imagine perhaps what I was feeling as I read them while she taught that class and leveled her charges against me. …
A Note on Ezra Pound and James Joyce
The Letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce with Pound’s Essays on Joyce is an interesting volume. Between January 1971 and March 1972, I was reading everything, and this volume was one of them. Below are some of the excerpts I found interesting, and hope you do as well. Enjoy. _________________________ “My whole habit of …
ALL MEN (AND WOMEN) THINK LIKE ROQUENTIN, ONLY THEY TEND TO FORGET IT
Throwing the book NAUSEA by a man named Jean-Paul Sartre against the wall, the reader screams: “What is he talking about?” Picking up the book from the floor, he finds himself beginning to think like Antoine Roquentin, its main character. “I am holding this book. This book exists. I have an ‘odd’ feeling holding this book.” Again, …