Re: How to avoid phoniness

WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 09 Oct 1998 10:41:14 -0600 (MDT)

Dear Pasha, I have another take on section men to add to yours--they
publish their criticism to advance their own status more than their
thinking...most higher ed schools encourage this kind of "publish or
perish" attitude without regard to what is published.

One word has helped me avoid didactic lecturing as much as I have (which
still may not be enough...)

polysemy


It makes me aware of "many meanings." Frank Kermode believes that this is
where a lot of the excitement of literature happens and I do too.

will