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Originally Posted by Liam
What IS it with you and politics, M? 
If I paid any attention to my favorite writers' "politics," I'd have to throw my entire library out the window.
Magris sounds positively captivating, however. Thanks for the info.
Cheers,
L |
I read this on the heels of writing two papers on German conservativism (more precisely: the so-called Conservative Revolutionaries), 19th century, early 20th century and leading up to the Shoah and then the continuities in present day German literature (One of my papers was on Bernhard, another writer would be Botho Strauss), so I was heavily aware of tropes and figures and could not refrain from mentioning this.
My blog used to be full of all sorts of snide political remarks then, too.
and um, I am a huge, huge fan of Ezra Pound. Huge. And Paul de Man. Huge. Celine. etc. So, I do disregard that usually. This aside was just due to my preoccupation with Hofmannsthal and others at the time.