the abyss means...

(I think this is my spending week. It's extremely rare that I splurge like this.)

In the blue corner:
The newcomer joins us at an amazing £0 (because it was a gift) is 1602 (part one).

In the red corner:
At £6.74 comes The Triumph of Narrative: Storytelling in the Age of Mass Culture.

In the orange corner:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead on DVD follows at an impressive £12.79.

In the green corner:
Weighing in at an impressive £31.50 sits the reigning champion. It is Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature.

Lets see what he has to say for himself:
The world of oral narrative is one that we have all inhabited since infancy, although few people reflect on it deeply or at length. Stories present and populate a world of the imagination that is separate from the world we inhabit in our ordinary lives, but that interpenetrates with it in every conceivable way. That realm is one of images put into action in our minds, one after another, as if in a film in which we play the parts of all the actors to a greater or lesser degree.

I quite firmly believe this to be the first time I have ever come across the word 'interpenetrates'...

I also see a theme here...

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What a coincidence. I also just purchased the Rosencrantz dvd. I love the play and it's one of my favourite movies.

Bill on August 15, 2003 09:44 PM

yes I see a theme populating.
interpenetrates coupled so closely with conceivable...
or is that an invertebrated interpretation?

boynton on August 16, 2003 11:08 AM

Or is it just a seeming?

joh on August 17, 2003 06:58 PM

Was that a statement?

Bill on August 18, 2003 03:10 AM

What are you suggesting?

joh on August 18, 2003 08:05 AM

What are you getting at?

Bill on August 19, 2003 04:45 PM

What does it look like?

joh on August 19, 2003 05:20 PM

What does it smell like?

Bill on August 19, 2003 10:20 PM

Are you just rephrasing my questions?

joh on August 20, 2003 11:44 AM

What do you mean?

Bill on August 20, 2003 05:31 PM

Was it not obvious?

joh on August 20, 2003 07:03 PM

Do you want me to repeat myself?

Bill on August 20, 2003 08:35 PM

Do you think that is necessary?

joh on August 21, 2003 03:05 PM