portrait of the blogger as a young critic
Feb. 16th, 2015 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pondhopFrom Mueller's comments on "The Presentation of Authorial Self in Milton's Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce" (emphasis mine):
[The full comment is actually very kind, and Mueller was not the first or last professor to tell me to cut the fluff. Ars longa...]
In the meantime, there is someone down the street woo-hooing. Perhaps there is sledding involved.
My neighbor had a bit of a time skidding-sliding out of their garage this morning. I am again glad that I don't have to go anywhere today.
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... this paper tends toward the loose and baggy in wordy sentence construction and leisurely progression. More economy, more precision, sharper focus will put your fine insights in better stead.
[The full comment is actually very kind, and Mueller was not the first or last professor to tell me to cut the fluff. Ars longa...]
In the meantime, there is someone down the street woo-hooing. Perhaps there is sledding involved.
My neighbor had a bit of a time skidding-sliding out of their garage this morning. I am again glad that I don't have to go anywhere today.
This entry was originally posted at http://bronze-ribbons.dreamwidth.org/388043.html. I see comments at DW, IJ, and LJ (when notifications are working, anyway), but not on feeds.