tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post8495337232206045042..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: On a change of epochStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-61212399233731555002008-11-01T18:44:00.000+00:002008-11-01T18:44:00.000+00:00But Spurious goes on (he always goes on): "Who has...But Spurious goes on (he always goes on): "Who hasn't put the novel down in exasperation? Only to pick it up again, to finish it ... out of a sense of duty to what began so dizzingly in those opening pages?" <BR/><BR/>Well, I have. I gobbled up Montano's Malady start to finish; it is totally articulate and the most inspiring book I have read lately. I reread it with no problem and no theories about Post Literature Literature. I find Spurious, and his endless pale reflections, very exhausting, though. Why does he bother to try to cozy up to Vila-Matas? The critic's mindset seems to continually outdo itself, or tie itself up in knots. So maybe we have a Post Criticism Criticism. But it is a long winded whine. "Spurious" has aptly named his blog.Lloyd Minternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152240716731277055noreply@blogger.com