Dear Fellow Crones,
What a great discussion!
I got stuck on the notion of feminine writing, which led me back to a brief essay we read in Lance's undergrad class, "The Newly Born Woman." In 4 pages, she describes ecriture feminine: ". . . her writing also can only go on and on, without ever inscribing or distinguishing contours." She emphasizes the collapse of hierarchies; the "gift of changeability;" the "spacious singing Flesh;" and, of course, the unconscious. A commentator describes this writing as "paratactic." I think of it as non-linear, sensual, perhaps irrational, with women present as more than counterpoint.
Not really Borges's project,but interesting nonetheless...
On to Cervantes, who arrived from the Amazon today in full paperback splendor.
See you later,
Amanda
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