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‘Something still more exact’: T. S. Eliot's ’traditional claims‘

‘Something still more exact’: T. S. Eliot's ’traditional claims‘ The tongue proceeds by tradition and trea- son. In that way is the word a word. Jacques Denida, Glas, (232bi) he title of this paper perhaps contains, Tin Harold Bloom's expression, a 'lunatic juxtaposition'.1 For it brings together two citations, which seemingly share only the elizabeth ability to misread one another. The first comes from T. S. Eliot's 'The Perfect Critic', beaumont bissell where despite its apparent open-endedness, it forms part of a discussion about scientific definition. Eliot writes: '"Activity" will mean for the trained scientist, if he employ the 'SOMETHING STILL term, either nothing at all, or something still more exact than anything it suggests to us'.2 MORE EXACT' The second quotation (the two words 'tradi- tional claims') might seem equally relevant to t. s. eliot's 'traditional T. S. Eliot here; actually however, it comes from an interview with Jacques Derrida.3 In claims' this context, the second quotation's relevance to Eliot must at least be renegotiated. This paper attempts such a renegotiation, investi- For Bloom's theory of error involves the gating the misreading effects generated by its most radical misprision of all, upon which initial 'lunatic juxtaposition', relative to the the 'lunacy' of his juxtapositions and the 'traditional http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities Taylor & Francis

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‘Something still more exact’: T. S. Eliot's ’traditional claims‘

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The tongue proceeds by tradition and trea- son. In that way is the word a word. Jacques Denida, Glas, (232bi) he title of this paper perhaps contains, Tin Harold Bloom's expression, a 'lunatic juxtaposition'.1 For it brings together two citations, which seemingly share only the elizabeth ability to misread one another. The first comes from T. S. Eliot's 'The Perfect Critic', beaumont bissell where despite its apparent open-endedness, it forms part of a discussion...
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The tongue proceeds by tradition and trea- son. In that way is the word a word. Jacques Denida, Glas, (232bi) he title of this paper perhaps contains, Tin Harold Bloom's expression, a 'lunatic juxtaposition'.1 For it brings together two citations, which seemingly share only the elizabeth ability to misread one another. The first comes from T. S. Eliot's 'The Perfect Critic', beaumont bissell where despite its apparent open-endedness, it forms part of a discussion about scientific definition. Eliot writes: '"Activity" will mean for the trained scientist, if he employ the 'SOMETHING STILL term, either nothing at all, or something still more exact than anything it suggests to us'.2 MORE EXACT' The second quotation (the two words 'tradi- tional claims') might seem equally relevant to t. s. eliot's 'traditional T. S. Eliot here; actually however, it comes from an interview with Jacques Derrida.3 In claims' this context, the second quotation's relevance to Eliot must at least be renegotiated. This paper attempts such a renegotiation, investi- For Bloom's theory of error involves the gating the misreading effects generated by its most radical misprision of all, upon which initial 'lunatic juxtaposition', relative to the the 'lunacy' of his juxtapositions and the 'traditional

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Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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