<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5242">Hi Christina and List. Briefly, thanks for the Cixous</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5260">reference. I would say yes, on that, definitely what</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5305" dir="ltr">I was talking about relates to ecriture along with</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5313" dir="ltr">other sorts of noticing of intertexts. I'd be happy</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5344" dir="ltr">to share a snippet from *Atonement* but as it</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5371" dir="ltr">happens I'm traveling & don't have the book w/ me.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5372" dir="ltr">But luckily Google Books carries a searchable</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5395" dir="ltr">version. If you get to that, search for "finger" w/o</div><div dir="ltr">the quotes. Pages 35 & 36 have the passage I</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5520" dir="ltr">was talking about. I find it interesting because</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5519" dir="ltr">I think McEwan was referencing (ecritur-ing) the</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5521" dir="ltr">so called reflex arc, which relates to nervous</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5522" dir="ltr">impulses passed from one body area to another</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5523" dir="ltr">without passing through the central nervous</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5524" dir="ltr">system. So that kind of parodic reference along</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5525" dir="ltr">with concepts of the writing self is what I wanted</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5597" dir="ltr">to convey. Thanks again and if discussion here</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5675" dir="ltr">seems to warrant it I'll send a short quote from</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1468056170777_5677" dir="ltr">McEwan as you suggest. Best wishes, William<br></div></div></body></html>