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Readings for
St. Patrick's Day

Time of this entry: 12:00:36 PM.

Hence,

"Here the climax of the darkening is reached. The dark power at first held so high a place that it could wound all who were on the side of good and of the light. But in the end it perishes of its own darkness, for evil must itself fall at the very moment when it has wholly overcome the good, and thus consumed the energy to which it owed its duration."

1. A commentary on "Darkening of the Light," the I Ching, Hexagram 36:
2. Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler
    
3. Under Western Eyes, by Joseph Conrad

4. Narrativity: Theory and Practice, by Philip John Moore Sturgess

   Sturgess's book deals with the narrative logic of the above novels by Koestler and Conrad, as well as some Irish material:

   Narrativity: Theory and Practice

   TABLE OF CONTENTS Pt. I The Theory of Narrativity     Introduction 3 1 Narrativity and its Definitions 5 2 A Logic of Narrativity 28 3 Narrativity and Double Logics 68 4 Narrativity and the Case against Contradiction 93 5 Narrativity, Structure, and Spatial Form 117 6 Narrativity and the French Perspective 139 Pt. II The Practice of Narrativity     Introduction 161 7 The Logic of Duplicity and Design in Under Western Eyes 166 8 A Story of Narrativity in Ulysses 189 9 Narrative Despotism and Metafictional Mastery: The Case of Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two-Birds 235 10 A Double Logic and the Nightmare of Reason: Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon 260   Conclusion. A Reading of Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent 287   Bibliography and Further Reading 312   Index 317

These readings are in opposition to the works of Barbara Johnson published by Harvard University Press.

For some background, see The Shining of May 29 (JFK's birthday).

Discussion question:
In the previous entry, who represents the
Hexagram 36 "dark power" — Matory or Summers?