Eliot D’Silva writes about 19th- and 20th-century American literature.
Eliot D’Silva
Articles by Eliot D’Silva:
Fact and Affect in Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury
in Issue 16 | Stupidity (May 2012)a working definition of idiocy - feat of hermeneutic friendship - how to strain something « symbolical » - « I cannot bear another day like today » - a genuinely exploratory drive - all the trauma can melt into intimacy - Father Compson’s careworn abstractions - hair trickling over the skull - the most responsible form of communication
“An illustration changes us”: Images of Innocence in John Ashbery
in Issue 14 | Innocence (Mar 2012)« totally regret life » - a more complete mimesis - « brittle, useless architecture » - rivers, parks and suburban homes - clogged by nostalgia - a sudden turn inward - the streets of New York with a dictaphone - « insidious giggles » - « the excitement of spring »