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Oops! My bad, using acronyms out of context is bad form : ) NRM - It's New
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Religious Movements, most of what we now call "New Age" would fall in the
c=
ategory. The communes of the 1960s that Delany writes so greatly about in
H=
eavenly Breakfast are interesting to compare/contrast with the more
spiritu=
al communes. In Dhalgren, there is the park commune, the scorpion
commune, =
the monastery, (and perhaps even Calkin's house could be
considered a commu=
ne too).
Noah
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Rbrunski rbrunski@comcast=
.net[delany-list]
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Carry on Noah=
. But since I didn't understand much of your third paragraph,
> I'm not sur=
e I have any value added for you. I don't even know what "NRM"
> means. An=
d Bing was no help at all. It suggested "National Railway
> Museum." I gue=
ss I'm like Denny listening to Lanya and Kid talk.
> Ric
>
> On May 24, 201=
4, at 7:53 AM, "[email protected] [delany-list]" <
> delany-list@yahoog=
roups.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> This is just a quick introduction =
of myself and perhaps even a refresher
> of who's (in)active in this group,=
so we can all build a rapport!
>
> Facts: My name is Noah, a masters stude=
nt of Art/Religion at the Graduate
> Theological Union in Berkeley CA, from=
the Philadelphia region.
>
> I am beginning to collect and weld/meld toget=
her the elements for my M.A.
> thesis, and it will be focusing primarily on=
Delany's Dhalgren in various
> ways. I have recently worked on several fac=
ets of the novel in a more
> restrictive, case-study manner: the function, =
discourse, and ultimate
> rhetoric of the monastery (especially as related =
to shifts away from
> Christian esotericism and towards NRM communal living=
in the 1960s); how
> Dhalgren foregrounds itself as a subjective force and=
a passive object in
> SF canonization and tropes; and most importantly, b=
eginning to explore the
> potentials of a dialgoue between process philosop=
hy/theology (Whitehead)
> and literary theory (Butler, Delany, Foucault).
>=
> More a mouthful there than I intended! I look forward to engaging with a=
ll
> of you. There are several projects I've either started or contemplated=
that
> I would love to discuss - one is a crude "concordance" of various m=
otifs,
> structural patterns, and symbols in Dhalgren, (assuming I receive =
a PhD in
> the next few decades, my dream project is to publish an Annotate=
d Dhalgren,
> similar to the one for Ulysses). I also have been plumbing th=
e interwebs
> for intertextualities - art, photography, music, homages, etc=
.
>
> Go well,
> Noah Lyons
>
>
>
>
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rm : ) NRM - It's New Religious Movements, most of what we now call &qu=
ot;New Age" would fall in the category. The communes of the 1960s that=
Delany writes so greatly about in Heavenly Breakfast are interesting to co=
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park commune, the scorpion commune, the monastery, (and perhaps even Calkin=
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[email protected]">[email protected]</a> [delany-list] <span dir=3D"ltr">=
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your third paragraph, I'm not sure I have any value added for you. I do=
n't even know what "NRM" means. =C2=A0And Bing was no help at=
all. It suggested "National Railway Museum." =C2=A0I guess I'=
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<p>Hello all,<br><br>This is just a quick introduction of myself and =
perhaps even a refresher of who's (in)active in this group, so we can a=
ll build a rapport! <br><br>Facts: My name is Noah, a masters student of Ar=
t/Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley CA, from the Phila=
delphia region.<br>
<br>I am beginning to collect and weld/meld together the elements for my M.=
A. thesis, and it will be focusing <span style=3D"font-style:italic">primar=
ily</span> on Delany's Dhalgren in various ways. I have recently worked=
on several facets of the novel in a more restrictive, case-study manner: t=
he function, discourse, and ultimate rhetoric of the monastery (especially =
as related to shifts away from Christian esotericism and towards NRM commun=
al living in the 1960s); how Dhalgren foregrounds itself as a subjective fo=
rce and a passive object=C2=A0 in SF canonization and tropes; and most impo=
rtantly, beginning to explore the potentials of a dialgoue between process =
philosophy/theology (Whitehead) and literary theory (Butler, Delany, Foucau=
lt). <br>
<br>More a mouthful there than I intended! I look forward to engaging with =
all of you. There are several projects I've either started or contempla=
ted that I would love to discuss - one is a crude "concordance" o=
f various motifs, structural patterns, and symbols in Dhalgren, (assuming I=
receive a PhD in the next few decades, my dream project is to publish an A=
nnotated Dhalgren, similar to the one for Ulysses). I also have been plumbi=
ng the interwebs for intertextualities - art, photography, music, homages, =
etc. <br>
<br>Go well,<br>Noah Lyons<br></p><p><span><br></span></p><p></p>
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