Blueprint for Studies in the African American (Neo)Baroque

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Wittgenstein: Why did Bach have to sell his organ?Derrida: I don’t know. Why?Wittgenstein: Because he was baroque.Derrida: You mean because he composed music marked by elaborate and even grotesque ornamentation?Wittgenstein : Well, no that’s not exactly what I was getting at. It was a play on words.Derrida: Oh, I get it. (Everett, Erasure, 191-192)Despite their apparent arbitrariness, puns can encapsulate wisdom, or provide indirect comment on their contexts. Everett’s play on monetary and aesthetic...

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