C. Derick Varn
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in Augusta, GA, The United States
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Apocalyptics
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Unlikely Stories of the Third Kind
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Liberation and All the Bright Etcetera
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“I would simply ask why so many critics, so many writers, so many philosophers take such satisfaction in professing that the experience of a work of art is ineffable, that it escapes by definition all rational understanding; why are they so eager to concede without a struggle the defeat of knowledge; and where does their irrepressible need to belittle rational understanding come from, this rage to affirm the irreducibility of the work of art, or, to use a more suitable word, its transcendence.”
― The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field
― The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field

“Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a price for clarity.”
― Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power
― Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power

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