[Hardy-l] sentence sense

Bill Morgan wwmorgan at ilstu.edu
Fri Jun 6 13:38:12 PDT 2008


Rosemarie Morgan wrote: 

the text's most daring indiscretion. After all, the reader has just been 
>invited to imagine a naked woman who has removed all her clothes outdoors, 
>in the open air - -  ("she had taken off her whole clothing, and replaced 
>only her outer robe and skirt" - 1st edition). Personally, I would imagine 
>that if anything were at all anxiety-making or threatening or even 
>subversive to the patriarchal system it would be that the woman's "wit" 
>has landed everyone in very deep Grundyan waters.

Yes.  Well said.  That's what I meant by mentioning the "erotic overlay" in
the scene in PBE.

Bill






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