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News and Novel, Pulse and Sprawl

News and Novel, Pulse and Sprawl N E W S A N D N O V E L , P u l s e a n d S p r a w l S t u a r t S h e r m a n ¡me," w ro te Samuel Johnson in the Preface to Shakespeare, "is, o f all modes o f existence, m ost obsequious to im a gin atio n." He was w ritin g to free Ж Shakespeare fro m the straitjacket strictures o f th e neoclassical unities by an appeal to com m o n sense. In o u r everyday processes o f plan nin g and rem e m be ring , Joh nso n remarks, "w e easily contract the tim e o f real actio ns'' —proje cting or recalling in a m o m e n t w h a t w ill take (or has taken) m any hours o r days o r years to perfo rm . A t th e play­ house, w e can participate ju s t as easily in com parable com pressions; there to o , Johnson insists, "a lapse o f years is as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

News and Novel, Pulse and Sprawl

English Language Notes , Volume 46 (1) – Mar 1, 2008

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Copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of Colorado
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0013-8282
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2573-3575
DOI
10.1215/00138282-46.1.21
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Abstract

N E W S A N D N O V E L , P u l s e a n d S p r a w l S t u a r t S h e r m a n ¡me," w ro te Samuel Johnson in the Preface to Shakespeare, "is, o f all modes o f existence, m ost obsequious to im a gin atio n." He was w ritin g to free Ж Shakespeare fro m the straitjacket strictures o f th e neoclassical unities by an appeal to com m o n sense. In o u r everyday processes o f plan nin g and rem e m be ring , Joh nso n remarks, "w e easily contract the tim e o f real actio ns'' —proje cting or recalling in a m o m e n t w h a t w ill take (or has taken) m any hours o r days o r years to perfo rm . A t th e play­ house, w e can participate ju s t as easily in com parable com pressions; there to o , Johnson insists, "a lapse o f years is as

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Published: Mar 1, 2008

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