January 8th, 2010 / 2:16 pm
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I learned a new word this morning

in⋅stau⋅ra⋅tion
[in-staw-rey-shuhn]  –noun
1.
renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
2.
Obsolete. an act of instituting something; establishment.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L instaurātiōn- (s. of instaurātiō) a renewing, repeating.

Related forms:
in⋅stau⋅ra⋅tor [in-staw-rey-ter] , noun

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…Thanks (yet again), Harold Bloom!

10 Comments

  1. January 8th, 2010 / 7:18 pm Muzzy—

      Wow, first you quote the Wisdom book, now this. You’re on quite the Harold Bloom kick lately!

      I wrote my thesis using a Bloomian-anxiety reading of Paradise Lost. Needing some guidance, I dropped him an email message at Yale. He wrote back a splendid, very long email breaking down line-by-line all the allusions in the opening to Book Seven.

      Like getting a letter from God.

  2. January 8th, 2010 / 3:18 pm Muzzy—

      Wow, first you quote the Wisdom book, now this. You’re on quite the Harold Bloom kick lately!

      I wrote my thesis using a Bloomian-anxiety reading of Paradise Lost. Needing some guidance, I dropped him an email message at Yale. He wrote back a splendid, very long email breaking down line-by-line all the allusions in the opening to Book Seven.

      Like getting a letter from God.

  3. January 8th, 2010 / 7:48 pm Justin Taylor—

      That’s a great story, Muzzy. I’ve owed him a love letter for a long time, maybe I should actually send it. And yeah, I’m reading “Wisdom” right now.

  4. January 8th, 2010 / 3:48 pm Justin Taylor—

      That’s a great story, Muzzy. I’ve owed him a love letter for a long time, maybe I should actually send it. And yeah, I’m reading “Wisdom” right now.

  5. January 8th, 2010 / 8:03 pm michael james—

      this is purely antagonistic and i shouldnt even post it beneath a post containing a word that i really like and will probably use in the future, but…

      harold bloom these nuts

  6. January 8th, 2010 / 4:03 pm michael james—

      this is purely antagonistic and i shouldnt even post it beneath a post containing a word that i really like and will probably use in the future, but…

      harold bloom these nuts

  7. January 8th, 2010 / 11:32 pm Muzzy—

      Yes, you should actually send it. But whatever you do, don’t send him any poems!

  8. January 8th, 2010 / 7:32 pm Muzzy—

      Yes, you should actually send it. But whatever you do, don’t send him any poems!

  9. January 9th, 2010 / 6:21 pm Perscors—

      A classmate of mine wrote Bloom as well and received a friendly and encouraging reply. I would love to see your email on Paradise Lost, anyway to post it here or elsewhere?

  10. January 9th, 2010 / 2:21 pm Perscors—

      A classmate of mine wrote Bloom as well and received a friendly and encouraging reply. I would love to see your email on Paradise Lost, anyway to post it here or elsewhere?