An afterword should leave the skin quickly, like an alcohol rub. Here is an example, from Emily Tennyson’s grandmother, her complete diary entry for the day of her wedding, May 20, 1765:
Finished Antigone, married Bishop.
Anne Carson, “Short Talk on Afterwords”
“Everywhere, on the one hand, you find the world turning to film, and find that this is the social function of television, its primary function of control – whence your critical pessimism, despair even. You find, on the other hand, that film itself still has endless possibilities, and that this is the ultimate journey, now that all other journeys come down to seeing what’s on TV – whence your critical optimism.”
Gilles Deleuze
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