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Re: Edsel Ford and conjuring nebulae in two lungs
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Jansy - I agree that we can take "nebulae dilating" simply to refer to some
"expansion of shadows and haze in the lungs", as you say. However, I believe
"nebulae" calls to mind the appearance of nebulae as seen by astronomers,
and if you wish to compare that to the appearance of disease on an X-ray, it
is possible in medicine to link that to a specific disease. I don't claim,
of course, that's it is desirable in literature!
As to whether we need to medicalise poetry - I'm not sure we *need* to do
anything to poetry bar read it, but there's been a fair amount of medical
interest in parts of PF recently, and given that we *are* medicalising it to
that extent, why not go the whole way and medicalise it as thoroughly as
possible?
Nick.
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"expansion of shadows and haze in the lungs", as you say. However, I believe
"nebulae" calls to mind the appearance of nebulae as seen by astronomers,
and if you wish to compare that to the appearance of disease on an X-ray, it
is possible in medicine to link that to a specific disease. I don't claim,
of course, that's it is desirable in literature!
As to whether we need to medicalise poetry - I'm not sure we *need* to do
anything to poetry bar read it, but there's been a fair amount of medical
interest in parts of PF recently, and given that we *are* medicalising it to
that extent, why not go the whole way and medicalise it as thoroughly as
possible?
Nick.
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