Generic chaos

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/26/2011 01:47 PM, Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700 wrote:
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>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
>Of Laurence Horn
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>Subject: Re: Generic chaos
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>Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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>On Oct 26, 2011, at 12:56 PM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
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> > I'm busy reading essays from two undergraduate literature classes.  So
>far, two of the Shakespeareans have referred to _The Tempest_ as a
>novel.  Less predictably, two of the Spenserians have referred to _The
>Faerie Queene_ as a play.
> >
> > --Charlie
> >
>Just a matter of time before the Richardsonians refer to _Pamela_ as an
>epic poem.
>
>LH
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>Or perhaps _Shamela_ as a morality play?
>
>(No doubt this post will fly off to Joel Berson once again, instead of
>the ADS-List.)

Have I become the dust bin of DS-L?  No, Lynne, this message went
through the list.

Joel


>Lynne Hunter
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