Sunday, April 27, 2014

[The hesitancy/stutter motif in Finnegans Wake]

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The alpha male is known by his lack of hesitancy.

The classical style in literature is characterised by a lack of hesitancy. Cf freestyle rap

The young writer betrays hesitancy, as does the aging writer.

This cyclical symmetry, old mirroring young, must be deep in FW's structure... yes? (he asked hesitantly)

Stuttering as a sign of guilt
innocent-sin-guilty-disgrace?-forgiveness?

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