George Orwell and the whiff of genius
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George Orwell and the whiff of genius
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Re: George Orwell and the whiff of genius
#2wow this takes an interesting turn with regard to the slim volume called ‘Orwell’s Dick’. Some A grade conjecture.
Re: George Orwell and the whiff of genius
#3Witty, but a bit contrived I think. Perhaps the book has more to say, but I was not convinced by the suggested Freudian interpretation.
Another example of a writer with a good sense of smell I think is John Steinbeck, whose first few paragraphs in Cannery Row is a marvel of the literary whiff, even without much description of the smells themselves. [1]
[1] https://books.google.com/books?id=CQmjRCj-LNsC&printsec=fron...
Re: George Orwell and the whiff of genius
#4Low latent inhibition.
Re: George Orwell and the whiff of genius
#5Low latent inhibition.
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Re: George Orwell and the whiff of genius
#6Has the line "Inside Orwell’s Nose a slim volume called ‘Orwell’s Dick’ is wildly signalling to be let out." which is both brilliant and clumsy at the same time, a hard combination to achieve.