[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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