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The Future of Addiction; The Death of a Utopia

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Mac Warren

While the themes of The Albertine Notes encompass a web of complex ideas, I found Moody’s treatment of drug use to be noteworthy in its range of literary functions.  It’s easy and formulaic to personify addiction as an antagonistic, destructive force that … Continue reading →

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Redemption For Some, A Savior To The Others

Posted on November 10, 2010 by jonrossi

After reading my entry from last week (technically as I’m posting this, it was this week), readers will be glad to know that I have few complaints, if any, about the last half of the book.  If anything, I was … Continue reading →

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Banality. Conversation Without Quotes. Unexplained endings.

Posted on November 7, 2010 by jonrossi

I’m sitting here listening to Omar Khairat, an Egyptian composer, because it’s the only lyric-less music I can think of that I have on my computer, and it’s very conducive to doing homework.  But that’s neither here nor there with … Continue reading →

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The Lingering Power of Watchmen

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Mac Warren

I first read Alan Moore’s Watchmen three years ago – at the time, it was a profoundly effective piece of media, and from my experience, it defied categorization as a work of fiction based on the its innate tactile and visual … Continue reading →

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The Constant Apocalypse

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Mac Warren

I find Kermode’s thesis reassuring in its logical simplicity.  I believe that his assertion about the nature of the Apocalypse – that we “project ourselves … past the End, so as to see the structured whole” (p. 8 ) – … Continue reading →

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