>The danger is in the neatness of identifications. The conception of Philosophy and Philology as a pair of nigger minstrels out of the Teatro dei Piccoli is soothing, like the contemplation of a carefully folded ham-sandwich
What did he mean by this?
>>9824674
nothing, it's a shitpost
>>9824674
That essay is from Beckett's young try-very-hard period and I'm not sure it's worth examining
>>9824674
He probably meant that our faith in language is comedic, like the way he ended that sentence in ham sandwich. An author can grab your attention, build anticipation, and then have you wake up in an igloo with Ricky Martin's dead dogs talking ghost.