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You Say Plagiarism. I Say Provocation. (Published 2021)
Sam Riviere’s novel, “Dead Souls,” considers fraudulence as a culture’s dominant mode of making art.
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cultural product
意味 文化財
Sam Riviere’s debut novel, “Dead Souls,” depicts a fantastical, alternate-world version of London in which poetry has become the city’s major cultural product.
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incredulously
意味 信じられないほど
(“There were rich poets,” we read incredulously.)
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precondition
意味 [C] (かたく) <物· 事に対する> 必要 [前提] 条件 <for, of>
In “Dead Souls,” the precondition to make or experience art is the desire to be someone else.
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predicate
意味 [通例 be ~d]〈行為などが〉<根拠· 考えなどに> 基づく <on, upon>
Wiese’s claim to innocence is in some sense predicated on our collective guilt.
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