Yeah. So, i just started on the last 100 pages of "The System of the World". And ten minutes after putting the book down i decided to rummage around and found a review of by A. R. Ammons in a Harper`s from the seventies. Which led to me finding a book review dealing with a Muriel Rukeysers semi-novelistic treatment of Thomas Hariot in "The Traces of Thomas Hariot". So now i know where i can go if i want to continue my explorations of the world of british science and intrigue.
Funny it should appear just like that, though..... *da da DUM*
And then i won`t spend too much time over-analyzing James Marcus, though i should.
Thanks to Ferneyhough for pointing me in Ammons direction.
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ReplyDeleteSo, after reading about Rukeysers book i decided to read an article in the latest American Scientist. So i read a book review about industry, government, regulation, and toxic waste (cheery stuff!).
Turns out that Rukeyser is most famous for writing a poetry sequence called "Book of the Dead" which chronicles the Hawk`s Nest incident. An incident involving miners being exposed to toxic levels of silica without proper protection.
But of course, they were employees, not citizenry happening to live nearby, as was the focus in the article. Nevertheless, occlusion, toxicity, profit-maximization, and a worldview that disregards the sanctity of the individual are present in both!
Oh yeah, individual activism is a strong theme in both the AmSci article and Rukeysers life.
ReplyDeleteUltra-super-duper bonus round.
ReplyDeleteIn the ad next to the article in AmSci there`s a book by Kenneth J. McNamara. After finishing the book review in Harper`s i went to the table of contents and set my eyes on an article about Robert S. McNamara in the same issue. Which i was planning to read today.
Star-Crossed Stone indeed.