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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-47.2.85
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
M o d e r n i s t L i q u i d i t y M e e t s L i q u i d M o d e r n i t y : F r o m t h e O c c u l t S t o r i e s o f L e o p o l d o L U G O N E S T O T H E F L U I D I T Y OF M o d e r n U r b a n L i f e B e n j a m i n F r a s e r The ancients used to say, as w ill be rem em bered, th a t the liquid state, the fo u rth state o f matter, fo r them , corresponds to the firs t p o ssib ility fo r o u r organic life. For this reason, the vehicles o f th is life are all liquids: water, blood, milk, sap, semen. . . . I have developed th is idea in m y collectio n Strange Forces.
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 2009