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Article: Electricity, writing, architecture.
- Article from:
- Mosaic (Winnipeg)
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
- Author:
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Et pourquoi souhaiterait-on entrer dans un livre comme dans je ne sais quel appartement obscur ou quel secret labyrinthe: a tatons et tenu par la main, comme un enfant ou comme un infirme? Nous ne pouvons croire que notre lecteur desire etre ainsi traite, et nous sommes persuade au contraire qu'il nous saura gre de notre fanchise.--Francis Ponge, "Texte sur l'electricite"
This essay examines Francis Ponge's 1954 "Texte sur l'electricite" as an example of interdisciplinary interaction. The writer sits between electrician and architect as a technical translator; his response to this circumstance provokes a discussion of the role of "technique" in specifically ...
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