I know that this is utterly irrelevant, but I was so charmed by this cross-posting to FICINO that I can't resist sending it out! A. Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/FAX (416) [log in to unmask] http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html => REED-L's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html => our theatre resource page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/archive.html => library & archives page ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 12:16:22 -0500 From: Paul Richard Blum <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "FICINO: FICINO Discussion - Renaissance and Reformation Studies" <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list FICINO <[log in to unmask]> Subject: fwd:Bad Writing Contest ------------ Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Von: Christian Koellerer, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] An: Paul Richard Blum, 106233,1104 Datum: 9. Dez 1996 , 11.24 Uhr BETR.: fwd:Bad Writing Contest Sender: [log in to unmask] >CALL FOR ENTRIES. Philosophy and Literature announces the third >Bad Writing Contest. Please cross-post the following announcement >on related lists for humanities, culture theory, philosophy, social >sciences, criticism, editing, etc. > > ********************************* > > The Philosophy and Literature Bad Writing Contest > > The challenge of the Bad Writing Contest is to come up with the >ugliest, most stylistically awful single sentence from a published >scholarly book or article. Ordinary journalism, fiction, etc. not >allowed, nor is translation from other languages into English. Entries >must be non-ironic, from actual serious academic journals or >books--parodies cannot be admitted in a field where unintentional >self-parody is so rampant. Winning entries will be checked by our >researchers before prizes are awarded. > > Judging will be by editorial staff of Philosophy and Literature. Finder >of the winning sentence will have first choice from among the >following titles, second prize will be a choice of the remaining books, >and so on. The seven prize books are: Rewriting the Soul, by Ian >Hacking (Princeton), The Magician's Doubts: Nabokov and the Risks >of Fiction, by Michael Wood (Princeton), Dilemmas of Enlightenment, >by Oscar Kenshur (California); Killing Time, by Paul Feyerabend >(Chicago); Anti-Mimesis from Plato to Hitchcock, by Tom Cohen >(Cambridge); Compulsive Beauty, by Hal Foster (MIT); Georges >Bataille, by Michael Richardson (Routledge). If necessary, there will >be a eight prize (a copy of the journal Social Text) and ninth prize >(two copies of Social Text). > > We've fine prizes for this third contest, so join the fun! Please use the >subject heading "Bad writing entry" and copy the posting directly to >Denis Dutton, editor of Philosophy and Literature, so we can keep >track of the entries: > > [log in to unmask] > > The contest deadline: 31 January 1997. > > ********************** > > Anyone may join Philosophy and Literature's internet discussion >group, PHIL-LIT, by sending the message > > SUBSCRIBE PHIL-LIT Your Name > > > > to: [log in to unmask] > > ********************** FORWARD END -------------------------- ---------- Internet: [log in to unmask] FIDO: 2:315/3.22 Fax: ++43 662 420236 (24h)