April 29, 2004
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“There is a suggestion of Christ descending into the abyss for the harrowing of Hell. But it is the Consul whom we think of here, rather than of Christ. The Consul is hurled into this abyss at the end of the novel.”
– Introduction to
Under the Volcano
Couleurs
In memory of
René Descartes
(born March 31)
and
René Gruau
(died March 31)
On the former:
“The predominant use
of the letter
x
to represent
an unknown value
came about in
an interesting way.”
On the latter:
“…a ‘dead shepherd who brought
tremendous chords from hell
And bade the sheep carouse’ “
(p. 227, The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play. Ed. Holly Stevens. New York: Vintage Books, 1990)
— Wallace Stevens
as quoted by Michael Bryson
See also the entries of 5/12.
