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Pructus Posted 18 years ago
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From Djuna Barnes's 'Nightwood'
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Childless at fifty-nine, Guido had prepared out of his own heart for his coming child a heart, fashioned on his own preoccupation, the remoseless homage to nobility, the genuflexion the hunted body makes from muscular contraction, going down before the impending and inaccessible, as before a great heat. It had made Guido, as it was to make his son, heavy with impermissible blood.
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From Djuna Barnes's 'Nightwood'.
1. "Guido had prepared out of his own heart for his coming child a heart" ------>
Is it to be understood as, "Childless at fifty-nine, Guido had prepared a heart for his coming child, out of his own heart."?
2. "fashioned on his own preoccupation" --------> What is or was fashioned?
" the remoseless homage to nobility, the genuflexion the hunted body makes from muscular contraction" ----->
Does this mean that Guido prepared "the remoseless homage to nobility"?
3. "going down before the impending and inaccessible" ---------> What or who is going down? "Guido" going down?
4. "It had made Guido, as it was to make his son, heavy with impermissible blood." --------> What does this "it" refer to?
Many thanks in advance.....
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Childless at fifty-nine, Guido had prepared out of his own heart for his coming child a heart, fashioned on his own preoccupation, the remoseless homage to nobility, the genuflexion the hunted body makes from muscular contraction, going down before the impending and inaccessible, as before a great heat. It had made Guido, as it was to make his son, heavy with impermissible blood.
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From Djuna Barnes's 'Nightwood'.
1. "Guido had prepared out of his own heart for his coming child a heart" ------>
Is it to be understood as, "Childless at fifty-nine, Guido had prepared a heart for his coming child, out of his own heart."?
2. "fashioned on his own preoccupation" --------> What is or was fashioned?
" the remoseless homage to nobility, the genuflexion the hunted body makes from muscular contraction" ----->
Does this mean that Guido prepared "the remoseless homage to nobility"?
3. "going down before the impending and inaccessible" ---------> What or who is going down? "Guido" going down?
4. "It had made Guido, as it was to make his son, heavy with impermissible blood." --------> What does this "it" refer to?
Many thanks in advance.....
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- "fashioned on his own preoccupation" --------> What is or was fashioned?
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1. "Guido had prepared out of his own heart for his coming child a heart" ------>
Is it to be understood as, "Childless at fifty-nine, Guido had prepared a heart for his coming child, out of his own heart."? Yes.
2. "fashioned on his own preoccupation" --------> What is or was fashioned? The new heart.
" the
Is it to be understood as, "Childless at fifty-nine, Guido had prepared a heart for his coming child, out of his own heart."? Yes.
2. "fashioned on his own preoccupation" --------> What is or was fashioned? The new heart.
" the
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Thanks a lot, CalifJim!!
I will take some time to read and understand what you say.......
I will take some time to read and understand what you say.......
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Thanks a lot, CalifJim!!
I understand mostly what you say.....
2. "fashioned on his own preoccupation" --------> What is or was fashioned? The new heart.
-----> Why would you think "the new heart"?
Here, 'a heart', can we not think that it means 'some kind of mind'?
4. "It had made Guido, as it was to make his son, heavy wi
I understand mostly what you say.....
2. "fashioned on his own preoccupation" --------> What is or was fashioned? The new heart.
-----> Why would you think "the new heart"?
Here, 'a heart', can we not think that it means 'some kind of mind'?
4. "It had made Guido, as it was to make his son, heavy wi
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