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Tone Clusters: the Joyce Carol Oates discussion group archive

Monday, December 27, 2004

RE: JCO: Oates Quotations

 
•“When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.”



 


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From: Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro@yale.edu> Reply-To: jco@usfca.edu To: jco@usfca.edu Subject: JCO: Oates Quotations Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:10:09 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from mc3-f28.hotmail.com ([64.4.50.164]) by mc3-s11.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:15:12 -0800 Received: from blacksun.usfca.edu ([138.202.192.11]) by mc3-f28.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:15:10 -0800 Received: (from majordomo@localhost)by blacksun.usfca.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) id TAA06174for jco-outgoing; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:14:08 -0800 Received: from shimi.usfca.edu (shimi.usfca.edu [138.202.192.12])by blacksun.usfca.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA06171for <jco@blacksun.usfca.edu>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:14:07 -0800 Received: from yaddle.usfca.edu (smtp.usfca.edu [138.202.192.15])by shimi.usfca.edu with ESMTP id iBR3EgqC016706for <jco@blacksun.usfca.edu>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:14:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from pantheon-po05.its.yale.edu (pantheon-po05.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.34])by yaddle.usfca.edu with ESMTP id iBR3EftT014001for <jco@usfca.edu>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:14:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ajax.its.yale.edu (ajax.its.yale.edu [130.132.52.13])by pantheon-po05.its.yale.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBR3Efjf012968(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT)for <jco@usfca.edu>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:14:41 -0500 Received: from ajax.its.yale.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1])by ajax.its.yale.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBR3A9oQ025259for <jco@usfca.edu>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:10:09 -0500 Received: from localhost (shapiro@localhost)by ajax.its.yale.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id iBR3A9sj025255for <jco@usfca.edu>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:10:09 -0500 X-Message-Info: StaYHEBmGBoxcj0ptX1wWIUfj7e/Ub2y71A8dmKEzTI= X-Authentication-Warning: ajax.its.yale.edu: shapiro owned process doing -bs X-X-Sender: shapiro@ajax.its.yale.edu X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2a (attachment(s) not renamed) Precedence: bulk Return-Path: owner-jco@blacksun.usfca.edu X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Dec 2004 03:15:10.0468 (UTC) FILETIME=[460D5C40:01C4EBC2] I would welcome suggestions of what are the most famous quotations from the writings or other remarks of Joyce Carol Oates. Fred Shapiro -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred R. Shapiro Editor Associate Librarian for Collections and YALE DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS Access and Lecturer in Legal Research Yale University Press, Yale Law School forthcoming e-mail: fred.shapiro@yale.edu http://quotationdictionary.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tone Clusters: The Joyce Carol Oates discussion group To send a message to the group, email jco@usfca.edu To subscribe, email majordomo@usfca.edu: subscribe jco To unsubscribe, email majordomo@usfca.edu: unsubscribe jco

Re: JCO: Oates Quotations

For what links us are elemental experiences-emotions-forces that have no
intrinsic language and must be imagined as art if they are to be
contemplated at all.
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been; from the Afterword.

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Re: JCO: Oates Quotations

One I like is "Literature is not meant to be understood, it is meant to be experienced."  --Angie