Automatic Modernism

Here's a Wordle of my ready-to-defend dissertation.

I actually find the size of "political" a little disturbing. What about "automatic" and "modernism"?

Visuals Optional

I'm off to the British Association of Modernist Studies conference tomorrow, and since it's been awhile since I put up a Wordle, here's a visual of the paper I'll be giving, which is on D. H. Lawrence and the "flux of human character."

Word of the Day

A perfectly self-conscious word: floccinaucinihilipilification.

Definition: the act of considering something to be worthless.

Here's the pronunciation. It's a tricky one.

Good luck using it in a sentence.

The Message is the Medium

Sweet Jesus: The Boston Globe has wordled the campaign messages of Obama and McCain. The result? Crooks and Liars says, "It should come as no surprise that John McCain’s message is overwhelmingly about Obama and overwhelmingly negative. Seriously, just compare the top 4 words on each; it tells you all you need to know about this election."

It's almost as beautiful as the wordles I did of Ulysses and Paradise Lost. Almost.

Holler Back

I don't know why I find making wordles so fun, but I do. Two more in response to Gerry's great Wes Anderson wordles:

Apocalypse Now and Proust's Swann's Way:

              

Here's a link, also, to all my wordles so far. 

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Here's a Wordle of Joyce's Ulysses. Thanks Gerry.

And, for good measure, a little Paradise Lost: