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From: "Robert Rabiee" <costanza2000@yahoo.com>
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> Is it possible that Burgess is referencing "Speak,
> Memory," specifically the grammar book bit? That seems
> to be the intention of this passage - to introduce
> language as a key character in his life, which is (of
> course) now fictionalized through prose. Or perhaps
> even the beginning of Ch. 12 of Ada - "Pill, pillow,
> billow, billions," in which language becomes a very
> real part of Van and Ada's affair, their life? I'm not
> certain this is helpful, but I thought I'd give it the
> old college try.
>
> --Robert Y. Rabiee
From: "Robert Rabiee" <costanza2000@yahoo.com>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (12
lines) ------------------
> Is it possible that Burgess is referencing "Speak,
> Memory," specifically the grammar book bit? That seems
> to be the intention of this passage - to introduce
> language as a key character in his life, which is (of
> course) now fictionalized through prose. Or perhaps
> even the beginning of Ch. 12 of Ada - "Pill, pillow,
> billow, billions," in which language becomes a very
> real part of Van and Ada's affair, their life? I'm not
> certain this is helpful, but I thought I'd give it the
> old college try.
>
> --Robert Y. Rabiee