@peligrietzer @HeerJeet Well there's a whole chapter on "Proletarian Literature"
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@peligrietzer@HeerJeet I think Empson (like Auden et al) just expected that Communism was going to win, and wasn't sure how he felt abt it2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@evankindley@HeerJeet Which really makes you a true Marxist!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@peligrietzer@HeerJeet Ha, I guess. But definitely with a tinge of "I for one welcome our new Marxist overlords" to it1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@evankindley@peligrietzer There's a bit of that in Wyndham Lewis. He didn't welcome communism of course but thought it was coming.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@HeerJeet@peligrietzer Right. Even Pound thought it was! There are some essays from the late 20s where he tries to see the good in Lenin2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@evankindley@HeerJeet Argued for close reading not as interpretive method but as way to look behind the curtain of the cognitive mechanics.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@peligrietzer @evankindley He got that from I.A. Richards, who was behaviorist psychologist as well as critic.
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@HeerJeet@evankindley Most fun fact ever: Cog-sci/Machine Learning titan Geoffrey Hinton credits Richards with inventing Hopfield Nets0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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