tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post3625406217634996587..comments2023-05-07T23:04:41.733+12:00Comments on Winged Ink: Alain de Botton, Montaigne and clarityHelen Rickerbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-35932938985175636932009-02-05T23:10:00.000+13:002009-02-05T23:10:00.000+13:00I think that's true of a good deal of academic wri...I think that's true of a good deal of academic writing, not just in the literary criticism field. But good academic writing doesn't have to be full of waffle and meaningless multi-syllabic terms. I remember reading an essay by Umberto Eco on simulacra - things that look like the real thing but aren't - just after reading some stuff on the same subject by Jean Baudrillard. Eco's was fun, and talked about visits to Las Vegas and Disneyland. Baudrillard's was dense and difficult and really, I don't rememeber anything else about it. I learned more from Eco.Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-70413874188824633042009-02-05T12:55:00.000+13:002009-02-05T12:55:00.000+13:00"being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protec..."being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against nothing to say..."<BR/><BR/>How much academic literary criticism, especially of the more theoretical variety, is covered by that little quote!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.com