cjh@petsd.UUCP (Chris Henrich) (02/04/85)
[] Larry Kolodney writes: > I have a vague recollection of a quotation that somebody posted to the > net about two years ago on the subject of infatuation and the > pedestalization of women. It was some form of poem which basically said > that this man was flabergasted when he discovered that the woman > who he was infatuated with performed certain excretory functions. I think this is in a poem by Jonathan Swift: "Yet this near drove me from my wits: Celia, Celia, Celia, s----." Swift seems to have had a hangup in that area. You can find it discussed in _Life_Against_Death_ by Norman O. Brown. BTW, most editions of _Gulliver's_Travels_ are heavily expurgated. If you read the full version you will know why; it is *gross*. Regards, Chris -- Full-Name: Christopher J. Henrich UUCP: ..!(cornell | ariel | ukc | houxz)!vax135!petsd!cjh US Mail: MS 313; Perkin-Elmer; 106 Apple St; Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 Phone: (201) 870-5853