Monthly Archives: June 2020

A Note on Herman Melville, Gertrude Stein and John Ashbery

When the substance is gone, men cling to the shadow—Melville, Pierre First all beauty…. is denied and then all beauty…. is accepted—Stein, Composition as Explanation There is nothing to do except observe the horizon,the only one, that seems to want … Continue reading

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