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>From at least the late Victorian period onward, Uranian meant gay.=20
To whom? To gay men? To everyone? I think we should talk about =
in-group=20
argots, because it's always tricky to decide, for a given period, =
how=20
generally known or generally accepted they really were.=20
A safe bet is that the meaning would have been known to the small =
ingrown coterie of poetry afficionadoes whom Eliot said he was writing =
for at the time.=20
Yours,=20
Rapha=EBl Ingelbien
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Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: the Uranian muse again
In a message dated 3/1/01 8:07:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, =
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writes:=20
It might be that=20
"everyone" who's Czechoslovakian knows certain Czech curse words. =
That's=20
insufficient as evidence that these words are known or used outside =
the=20
group, or that there's even any particular interest in them outside =
the=20
group.=20
It's true that at the moment the Internet is flooded with sites on =
which gay=20
men seem to be assuming or preaching that Urania "belongs" to male=20
homosexuals (and presumably isn't "really" the traditional patron of=20
astronomy/astrology). But why would the sales pitch be necessary if=20
"everyone" already saw it this way? And isn't this a classic co-opting =
situation? I also see Urania mentioned on astronomical and =
astrological=20
sites. So the astronomers and astrologers either don't know or don't =
care=20
about "the homosexual perspective on Urania."=20
I think we have to start evaluating what the actual situation might =
have been=20
at the time Pound wrote the ditty, and we have to quit assuming that =
the=20
social situation at that time was "just like" the social situation =
today as=20
we see it reflected on the Internet.=20
pat=20
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TYPE=3D"CITE">>From at least the late Victorian period onward, =
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whom? To gay men?=20
To everyone? I think we should talk about in-group =
<BR> =20
argots, because it's always tricky to decide, for a given period, how=20
<BR> generally known or generally accepted they =
really were.=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">A safe bet is that the meaning would =
have been=20
known to the small ingrown coterie of poetry afficionadoes whom=20
Eliot said he was writing for at the time. </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">Yours, </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">Rapha=EBl Ingelbien</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 01, 2001 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: the Uranian muse =
again</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT face=3D"Arial =
Narrow" lang=3D0=20
size=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><B>In a message dated 3/1/01 8:07:45 AM =
Eastern=20
Standard Time, <A =
href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A>=20
<BR>writes: <BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial lang=3D0 =
size=3D2=20
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"></B><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 =
face=3D"Arial Narrow"=20
lang=3D0 size=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><B>It might be that =
<BR>"everyone" who's=20
Czechoslovakian knows certain Czech curse words. That's =
<BR>insufficient as=20
evidence that these words are known or used outside the <BR>group, or =
that=20
there's even any particular interest in them outside the <BR>group.=20
<BR><BR>It's true that at the moment the Internet is flooded with =
sites on=20
which gay <BR>men seem to be assuming or preaching that Urania =
"belongs" to=20
male <BR>homosexuals (and presumably isn't "really" the traditional =
patron of=20
<BR>astronomy/astrology). But why would the sales pitch be necessary =
if=20
<BR>"everyone" already saw it this way? And isn't this a classic =
co-opting=20
<BR>situation? I also see Urania mentioned on astronomical and=20
astrological <BR>sites. So the astronomers and astrologers either =
don't know=20
or don't care <BR>about "the homosexual perspective on Urania."=20
<BR><BR>I think we have to start evaluating what the actual situation =
might=20
have been <BR>at the time Pound wrote the ditty, and we have to quit =
assuming=20
that the <BR>social situation at that time was "just like" the social=20
situation today as <BR>we see it reflected on the Internet.=20
<BR><BR>pat</B></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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