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472 The Art of Not Knowing

The History of Literature

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The Dead: A Story About Not Knowing

The Dead is a story about not knowing. We did a whole three-part episode on this story, One Christmas Beth's back in our archives. Look at how Joyce and Gabriel turned to painting to try to capture what it is that he's seeing. There was grace and grace and mystery in her attitude as if she were a symbol of something. If he were a painter, he would paint her in that attitude.

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