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| apparently, "Corolianus" is an asshole (Shakespeare), so the phrase presumably relates to that. Coriolanus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also Gunther Grass's (German writer) Theaterstück "Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand". Last edited by Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim; 09-Sep-2007 at 19:48. |
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| Unsatisfied yet! more clarification please? |
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Coriolanus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Last edited by Teia; 09-Sep-2007 at 20:47. |
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| You are apparently referring to the same topic in your previous thread: Identitity Thinking. Putting the Anus Back into Coriolanus" would attract eager crowds who had never heard of the bourgeoisie but who knew all about buggery. This state of affairs would no doubt be particularly marked in those societies which in any case lacked strong socialist traditions. That's why I mentioned the German writer Grass. Last edited by Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim; 09-Sep-2007 at 21:09. |
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| What does "putting the anus back into someone" mean? |
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| It doesn't mean anything much - it's just a way of introducing a new topic into an article. If a reviewer went to an open-air performance of Macbeth and it rained, she might write a review with the headline 'Putting the Mac [abbreviation for Mackintosh, a raincoat] into Macbeth'. b |
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| And in this special context , what does this phrase mean? |
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| I'm afraid I don't know the context. This quote suggests that the context is a literary biography: Quote:
So presumably the article was about a writer (perhaps an editor of Shakespeare??? - hence the reference to Coriolanus*) who was homosexual (hence the reference to "anus"). * When pronouncing the name, one would normally pronounce the second-last syllable /ɑ/. When pronouncing the name in the context of the Shakespeare play, the traditional pronunciation is /eɪ/. That's why I think Shakespearean scholarship may be involved. b |
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