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I'm counting the days when we can successfully communicate with sperm whales 🐳. We will finally be able to apologise for almost making them extinct because of our thirst for money and "progress".
And we could tell them one of the greatest books ever written by our civilization is about them! 😍
Melville would be proud. 🫶🏾
#melville #hermanmelville #mobydick #whale #spermwhale #nonhumans
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
Story (1854-06), “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs,” “Picture First,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 9More about this quote: wist.info/melville-herman/8281…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #melville #hermanmelville #classwarfare #criticism #economicinequality #economicinjustice #perspective #poor #poverty #wealthy #welltodo
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
Story (1854-06), “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs,” “Picture First,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 9More about this quote: wist.info/melville-herman/8281…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #melville #hermanmelville #classwarfare #criticism #economicinequality #economicinjustice #perspective #poor #poverty #wealthy #welltodo
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
Story (1854-06), “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs,” “Picture First,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 9More about this quote: wist.info/melville-herman/8281…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #melville #hermanmelville #classwarfare #criticism #economicinequality #economicinjustice #perspective #poor #poverty #wealthy #welltodo
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Ah Jozi how I've missed you. It's great to be back. ❤️ #Jozi #Johannesburg #Melville #SouthAfrica
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Ah Jozi how I've missed you. It's great to be back. ❤️ #Jozi #Johannesburg #Melville #SouthAfrica
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Ah Jozi how I've missed you. It's great to be back. ❤️ #Jozi #Johannesburg #Melville #SouthAfrica
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Ah Jozi how I've missed you. It's great to be back. ❤️ #Jozi #Johannesburg #Melville #SouthAfrica
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Ah Jozi how I've missed you. It's great to be back. ❤️ #Jozi #Johannesburg #Melville #SouthAfrica
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#JeanPierreMelville
Coup de cœur cinématographique : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre #Melville (film de 1970). Chez StudioCanal. Une belle découverte. Mon Melville préféré à ce jour, même si Le Samouraï est aussi très bien. J'aime aussi beaucoup L'Armée des ombres.
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Universities, law firms, and anyone else complying beforehand. Stop! And follow the lead of NY State's Education Department and refuse to comply.
If outright refusal is too hard, take a page from "Bartleby, the Scrivener," and say "I would prefer not to."
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Universities, law firms, and anyone else complying beforehand. Stop! And follow the lead of NY State's Education Department and refuse to comply.
If outright refusal is too hard, take a page from "Bartleby, the Scrivener," and say "I would prefer not to."
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I can't believe it was 12 years ago that Chris Looby and I edited American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions. The essays really hold up -- Eric Lott on the #Carpenters, Trish Loughran on #Melville, to name just two of the many excellent contributions. On December 2, #Columbia UP is having a 50% sale on all books (discount code CYBER) , including mine and Chris's, and 70% on selected others (discount code 70OFF).
Check out Columbia's terrific list!
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I can't believe it was 12 years ago that Chris Looby and I edited American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions. The essays really hold up -- Eric Lott on the #Carpenters, Trish Loughran on #Melville, to name just two of the many excellent contributions. On December 2, #Columbia UP is having a 50% sale on all books (discount code CYBER) , including mine and Chris's, and 70% on selected others (discount code 70OFF).
Check out Columbia's terrific list!
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I can't believe it was 12 years ago that Chris Looby and I edited American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions. The essays really hold up -- Eric Lott on the #Carpenters, Trish Loughran on #Melville, to name just two of the many excellent contributions. On December 2, Columbia UP is having a 50% sale on all books (discount code CYBER) , including mine and Chris's, and 70% on selected others (discount code 70OFF).
Check out Columbia's terrific list!
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I can't believe it was 12 years ago that Chris Looby and I edited American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions. The essays really hold up -- Eric Lott on the #Carpenters, Trish Loughran on #Melville, to name just two of the many excellent contributions. On December 2, Columbia UP is having a 50% sale on all books (discount code CYBER) , including mine and Chris's, and 70% on selected others (discount code 70OFF).
Check out Columbia's terrific list!
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📢New Publication Alert!
🔵🔴Access 'Thinking Blue/Writing Red' by Stephen Tumino—an exploration of contemporary #culture through the lens of #Marxism.
'Thinking Blue/Writing Red' interrogates contemporary culture across a range of texts, from the #pandemic (‘#Covid’ and ‘#TrumpSpeak’) to high theory (#Melville's narratives) and popular culture (#Beyoncé's ‘#Formation’ and #SuperBowl performance, #TwinPeaks, metamodern ‘cli-fi’ films). Inspired by #Derrida’s idea of the secret, Tumino examines the significance of social movements (#BLM, #Occupy, alter-globalization) and naïve art (#Darger, #Ryden) to argue that these texts speak of the secrets that capitalism cannot.
This book will be of interest to students in several disciplines, including #philosophy, #literary and #culturalstudies, #filmstudies, #womensstudies, #criticalrace studies, history, #LGBTQ+ studies and #environmentalstudies.
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Watching #Sopranos. Season 4, Episode 12, "Eloise," really has it all: #Pal'sCabin in #WestOrange, #BillyBudd, and #LeslieFiedler.
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Watching the #Sopranos. Eloise is episode 12, Season 4, and it has everything! #Pal'sCabin (#WestOrange), #BillyBudd, and #LeslieFiedler.
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Finally read #TejuCole's Open City (2011) & this passage, along with others referencing #Said, #Benjamin, #Didion, #Melville, #Coetzee, about plagues really stood out : "I read somewhere recently that the city of Leiden lost thirty-five percent of its population in a five-year period in the 1630s. What could it mean to live with such a possibility, with people of all ages dropping dead around you all the time? The thing is we have no idea" (200-201).
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Finally read #TejuCole's Open City (2011) & this passage, along with others referencing #Said, #Benjamin, #Didion, #Melville, #Coetzee, about plagues really stood out : "I read somewhere recently that the city of Leiden lost thirty-five percent of its population in a five-year period in the 1630s. What could it mean to live with such a possibility, with people of all ages dropping dead around you all the time? The thing is we have no idea" (200-201).
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Finally read #TejuCole's Open City (2011) & this passage, along with others referencing #Said, #Benjamin, #Didion, #Melville, #Coetzee, about plagues really stood out : "I read somewhere recently that the city of Leiden lost thirty-five percent of its population in a five-year period in the 1630s. What could it mean to live with such a possibility, with people of all ages dropping dead around you all the time? The thing is we have no idea" (200-201).
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Finally read #TejuCole's Open City (2011) & this passage, along with others referencing #Said, #Benjamin, #Didion, #Melville, #Coetzee, about plagues really stood out : "I read somewhere recently that the city of Leiden lost thirty-five percent of its population in a five-year period in the 1630s. What could it mean to live with such a possibility, with people of all ages dropping dead around you all the time? The thing is we have no idea" (200-201).
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Finally read #TejuCole's Open City (2011) & this passage, along with others referencing #Said, #Benjamin, #Didion, #Melville, #Coetzee, about plagues really stood out : "I read somewhere recently that the city of Leiden lost thirty-five percent of its population in a five-year period in the 1630s. What could it mean to live with such a possibility, with people of all ages dropping dead around you all the time? The thing is we have no idea" (200-201).
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You know when you reread a book and the main character is doing something awful and you just wish she would do something different than what you know she is going to do? Well, that was me rereading #EdithWharton's #HouseOfMirth. To riff on the end of #Melville's #Bartleby: Ah Lily!, Ah humanity!
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Alternative #Verdienstmöglichkeiten im #Film:
Blogkino: Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
Heute zeigen wir im #Blogkino keinen #FilmNoir, dafür aber den #Thriller "Le Cercle Rouge" - hierzulande als "Vier im roten Kreis" in den Kinos und auch heute noch ab und an in der Glotze und von Jean-Pierre #Melville gedreht. Das #Heist-#Movie zeigt einen spektakulären, in #Echtzeit und ohne Dialog ablaufenden #Einbruch, eingebettet in eine längere Vorgeschichte und ein vergleichsweise kurzes Nachspiel. Alain Delon spielt einen Meisterdieb, der frisch aus dem Gefängnis kommt und sich mit einem berüchtigten Ausbrecher (Gian Maria Volonté) und einem alkoholkranken Ex-Cop (Yves Montand) zusammentut. Das ungleiche Trio plant einen Raubüberfall gegen alle Widerstände, bis ein unerbittlicher Inspektor und ihre eigene Vergangenheit ihr Schicksal besiegeln. Jean-Pierre Melvilles Le cercle rouge vereint ehrenhafte #Antihelden, eine kühle, atmosphärische #Kameraführung und atemberaubende #Szenenbilder zu einem #Meisterwerk des #Krimis
https://www.trueten.de/archives/13073-Blogkino-Le-Cercle-Rouge-1970.html
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November is #NationalCaregiver'sMonth. If you have time to read (or listen to) one #book that magnificently, painfully, and honestly shares the challenges of #caregiving, the complex workings of a #brain with #dementia, and the sheer power of #empathy, read #DashaKiper's #TravelersToUnimaginableLands. You will also learn how #Melville's #Bartleby, #Beckett's #Godot, #Kafka's #Metaphomorphosis, and other works of #literature help us understand #Alzheimer's.
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November is #NationalCaregiver'sMonth. If you have time to read (or listen to) one #book that magnificently, painfully, and honestly shares the challenges of #caregiving, the complex workings of a #brain with #dementia, and the sheer power of #empathy, read #DashaKiper's #TravelersToUnimaginableLands. You will also learn how #Melville's #Bartleby, #Beckett's #Godot, #Kafka's #Metaphomorphosis, and other works of #literature help us understand #Alzheimer's.
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@bruno_j_navarro. Always read and listen to #Melville
#PoorMan'sPuddingAndRichMan'sCrumbs
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All Truth Is Profound
"I'm reading Moby Dick. It's fun! But I'm sure I'm missing a lot. This is where you come in ..." wooh is looking for good explanations and analyses for our favorite great white whale.
https://ask.metafilter.com/374166/Looking-for-good-explanations-analysis-of-Moby-Dick
#MobyDick #analyses #explanations #context #fiction #Melville #books #literature #reading
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@VCP. In addition to #Melville's "Bartleby," you might want to check out his "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids." You could also consider including Percival #Everett's "The Fix" (I taught it with "Bartleby" and it went well) and "Token" by #MauriceCarlosRuffin in his collection, #TheOnesWhoDon'tSayTheyLoveYou. Have a great class!
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#Closereading of the day: “I just want these away from our kids,” he said. “We’re trying to prevent students from being exposed to books that are absolutely raw pornography.” Exactly how is this person defining the difference between "pornography" and "absolutely raw pornography"? Is #Ishmael sleeping with #Queequeg pornography, but #Quentin's imaginings with #Caddy absolutely raw pornography? #Melville, #Faulkner, #litstudies https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/18/school-librarians-jailed-banned-books/
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#DashaKiper writes about #dementia and #caregiving and identifying with the narrator of #Melville's #Bartleby. In #FindingtheRightWords, I write about identifying with Bartleby in that for a very, very long time, I preferred not to look at my father's #Alzheimer's. My dear friend, co-author, #neurologist, and empath #Dr.BruceMiller helped me look. He looked with me. My father died many years ago, but it remains extraordinarily hard and painful to look. https://lithub.com/what-melvilles-bartleby-the-scrivener-tells-us-about-memory-loss/ #EndAlz
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#DashaKiper writes about #dementia and #caregiving and identifying with the narrator of #Melville's #Bartleby. In #FindingtheRightWords, I write about identifying with Bartleby in that for a very, very long time, I preferred not to look at my father's #Alzheimer's. My dear friend, co-author, #neurologist, and empath #Dr.BruceMiller helped me look. He looked with me. My father died many years ago, but it remains extraordinarily hard and painful to look. https://lithub.com/what-melvilles-bartleby-the-scrivener-tells-us-about-memory-loss/ #EndAlz
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@drreznicek. If no is too hard, you can always say, "I would prefer not to." #Melville #Bartleby
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Official photographs of the Navy's recovery of the debris of the downed Chinese spy balloon remind critic Will Heinrich of Winslow Homer's painting "The Herring Net," and remind a Met curator of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/arts/design/china-balloon-notebook-homer.html
What comes to mind for me is John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark."
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46471.html
#arthistory #painting #photography #maritime #melville #géricault #winslowhomer #johnsingletoncopley
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Official photographs of the Navy's recovery of the debris of the downed Chinese spy balloon remind critic Will Heinrich of Winslow Homer's painting "The Herring Net," and remind a Met curator of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/arts/design/china-balloon-notebook-homer.html
What comes to mind for me is John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark."
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46471.html
#arthistory #painting #photography #maritime #melville #géricault #winslowhomer #johnsingletoncopley
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Official photographs of the Navy's recovery of the debris of the downed Chinese spy balloon remind critic Will Heinrich of Winslow Homer's painting "The Herring Net," and remind a Met curator of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/arts/design/china-balloon-notebook-homer.html
What comes to mind for me is John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark."
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46471.html
#arthistory #painting #photography #maritime #melville #géricault #winslowhomer #johnsingletoncopley
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Official photographs of the Navy's recovery of the debris of the downed Chinese spy balloon remind critic Will Heinrich of Winslow Homer's painting "The Herring Net," and remind a Met curator of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/arts/design/china-balloon-notebook-homer.html
What comes to mind for me is John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark."
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46471.html
#arthistory #painting #photography #maritime #melville #géricault #winslowhomer #johnsingletoncopley
