Barth Essay on Originality

[Rores28]

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/08/do-i-repeat-myself/8572/

A Barth Essay that recently appeared in the Atlantic

[laymonite]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing Rores!

I'm reminded of a character from Miller's Tropic of Cancer. I can't remember the character's name, but he never finished writing anything because he spent too much time reading already published work for fear that he'd repeat something.