Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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Experiments in style: variations
Experiments in Style

Experiments in style: variations

A musical interlude

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Terry Freedman
Dec 31, 2023
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Greetings!

As you may know, I’ve been writing the same story in a different style every week. This was inspired by Raymond Queneau’s book, Exercises in Style. You can read about that, and other interesting books, here: Experiments in style.

But did you know that Queneau had the idea from Bach’s Goldberg Variations? I remembered that a few days ago, when I…

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