Re: Acker
the little engine (jrh5b@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
Wed, 9 Apr 97 08:24:13 EDT
I actually found more similarities to other texts than the ones pointed out
in class. Names seem to have a deeper meaning in this text, like Vineland.
References similar to dark decade about language are brought up toward the
end of the novel. I even found a couple references to white noise. I find
that interesting that as the semester closes, this book kind of sums up the
other novels we have read. I dont know exactly what I think of Acker. I
found it hard to read also. Not difficult, but lewd and tawdry. It did
remind me of a supermarket romance (not that I read that stuff!) :)
Jen
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to
change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of
those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off.