If there is somewhere today where an echo of the ancient mysteries can then be heard, it is not in the liturgical splendour of the Catholic Church but in the extreme life resolutions offered by the novel form. Whether it be Lucius in The Golden Ass or Isabel Archer in Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady, the novel places us before a mysterion in which life itself is at once that which initiates us and that into which we are initiated.
Giorgio Agamben, The Unspeakable Girl. Trans. Leland De La Durantaye. Seagull Books, 2014 (2010)
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anthony it’s good to see you reverted to oldfashioned blogging a bit more. i try to do this more as well, next year. good to see you’re still active after all this time. seagull is a wonderful publisher. merry chrismas to you and such…
Old fashioned as opposed to microblogging on Twitter etc? I’m trying to keep active on here and will continue on into next year. Merry Christmas, flowerville, and pleased that you are also carrying on what you do – enjoy it very much.