Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 08:42:41 -0800
From: Diane Davis <dddavis-AT-visi.net>
Subject: Re: Umberto Eco on Kristeva....


Judith L. Poxon wrote:
> 
> I know I've seen a reference to a Borromeo knot before, and I think it's
> a knot that can't be untied, but I can't find a reference to it at the
> moment. If it's what I think it is, then perhaps the "joke" is that
> Kristeva's language is so convoluted that her listeners get inextricably
> tied in knots trying to follow it--not as sophisticated a jest as I'd
> have expected from someone like Eco (whose own prose style is not exactly
> crystal clear!), but there you have it. Or not.
> 
> Judith
> 
> Judith Poxon
> Syracuse University, Dept. of Religion
> jlpoxon-AT-mailbox.syr.edu


....Or Knot....

>:>

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