tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post4664644477121969638..comments2023-10-12T05:32:56.675-04:00Comments on Manuscripts Burn: A Scrivener Explicates: Whence the Juncture Whither Obscurity Transmogrifies Itself Unto Opacity?Stephen Kozeniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185600045044927669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-51557902395811972632014-01-31T13:39:33.801-05:002014-01-31T13:39:33.801-05:00Right. I think it's telling that we have to m...Right. I think it's telling that we have to make a guess based on context clues alone because independently the metaphor makes no sense.Stephen Kozeniewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185600045044927669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224206690870340098.post-29326206956052409922014-01-31T12:46:14.996-05:002014-01-31T12:46:14.996-05:00Having now seen the questionable sentence in conte...Having now seen the questionable sentence in context, I think the meaning is clearer than you implied. The key words are "of a statesman," suggesting that the toga praetexta (what is that?) is something that a statesman would wear (oh, I sort of get it). But it's definitely a stretch when other metaphors would suit the same purpose.carlmacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07081939493507757924noreply@blogger.com