[UA] (OT) Quotes

Gaston Phillips gaston at math.sunysb.edu
Tue Jun 19 20:35:16 PDT 2001


> What I DISLIKE is self-quotation, or making up a quote
> from an imaginary source and then using it to preface
> a chapter relating to the same imaginary world where
> the source exists.  I'm sure there's a simpler way to
> say that, but I think Stolze and Tynes saved
> themselves by putting RL quotes next to their invented
> ones.  But only just barely.
> 

Huh.  I'd advise you to avoid Borges, then, since his writing style would
probably drive you up a wall.

Which is really too bad, since he's not only one of my favorite authors, but
also one of the authors whose work I most want to incorporate into the OU.

gaston


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