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<DIV>As a humble common reader I am going to put in my thoughts on this.
<BR><BR>One of the definitions that Merriam-Webster gives for the word usurp is
“to take the place of by or as if by force”. <BR><BR>I went to the
Cambridge dictionary to see the definition of pretence since it seems to be a
British spelling for the word pretense and M-W did not have an entry for the
word using the spelling with the c. That produced the definition “a way of
behaving that is intended to deceive people”. <BR><BR>Finally, I went back
to Merriam-Webster for pseudo which gave me “being apparently rather than
actually as stated : sham, spurious”. <BR><BR>Taking those definitions
into account, I would interpret Lehman’s phrase to mean that the new journalism
he is advocating for would drive out and replace the deceptively claimed “new”
style of a pretended but sham American style.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Scott<BR>Common Reader</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=vwoolf@lists.osu.edu>Stuart
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 16, 2020 7:15 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vwoolf] questions about John Lehmann and
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<DIV>I *think* “<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">the </SPAN><FONT
style="COLOR: #000000">pretence-new” = the pretend-new = the pretended
new. After all, ex America semper aliquid novi.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
<DIV>(Day 183)</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=vwoolf@lists.osu.edu>Mary
Ellen Foley via Vwoolf</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 16, 2020 1:54 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=chenxu@xisu.edu.cn>陈栩</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vwoolf@lists.osu.edu>vwoolf</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vwoolf] questions about John Lehmann and
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<DIV dir=ltr>> <I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">a
new kind of journalism ... to drive the ... </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">New Statesman </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Spectator</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> off the stage, </SPAN></I>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italic">> and usurp
the </SPAN><FONT style="FONT-STYLE: italic" color=#000000
face=Arial>pretence-new of the pseudo-American</FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000
face=Arial><BR>I'm only guessing, but I'll jump in:<BR><BR>The <I>pretence-new
</I>is the most intriguing part of the phrasing, to my eye. Could this be
a Frenchified way of saying "the new pretension", constructing pretension in the
phrase itself? <BR><BR>If so, then the aim is to take over the new
pretension of the pseudo-American -- which I read as saying to take over a
recently fashionable stance of trying to sound American. What it would
mean to take this over -- 'to adopt that position themselves' seems unlikely,
and 'usurp', with its connotations of an unjust action, seems an odd choice -- I
couldn't say.<BR><BR>I don't know enough about the context to know whether this
is reasonable, but I prefer it to the "Americans are crass" interpretation
:-)<BR><BR>(Reminds me of a tedious trip to London on a *packed* train during
which a rude American in the window seats of our row of three -- I was on the
aisle -- talked non-stop to her travelling companion, who faced her from the
adjacent row of three. We heard all about her -- they were bassoonists in
an orchestra together, and, among other things, she told tuba jokes -- because
she didn't shut up except for a brief respite when she went to the toilet, and
her subject was mainly herself.<BR><BR>I didn't say anything. But when we
stepped off the train at Waterloo, I said to the British people who'd occupied
the other 3 seats in our 6-person group, "We're not all like that" -- and they
absolutely cracked up!)<BR><BR>Mary Ellen</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 12:36 AM 陈栩 via Vwoolf
<<A target=_blank>vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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friends,</SPAN><BR></DIV>
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It is the first time that I have come here for help.</SPAN></DIV>
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have some difficulty in understanding the red short quotations that I am using
in my writing as is attached below. <SPAN
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wonder if you could help me clarify them? </SPAN>They are parts of Lehmann's
journal taken from page 84 in his biography <I>John Lehmann: A Pagan
Adventure</I>:</SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN><B>Wanted: a new kind of journalism in
London to drive the elderly softnesses and condescensions of the </B><I><B>New
Statesman </B></I><B>and </B><I><B>Spectator</B></I><B> off the stage, and
usurp the </B><SPAN><B>pretence-new of the
pseudo-American</B></SPAN><B>;</B></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN><B>Wanted: a new kind of art to blow the
spunkless complacencies of Bloomsbury sky-high;</B></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN><B>Wanted: a new kind of writing that has
really caught a spark from the true machine of modern life, the machine
</B><SPAN><B>in the terrible powerhouse just off the
boulevard</B></SPAN></SPAN></P></SPAN>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
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context is Lehmann's conflicts with the Woolfs which trigger his departure
from Hogarth in 1932 and also consolidate his determination to launch a
magazine which turns out to be<I> New Writing</I>. So my questions
are</SPAN></P></DIV>
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What does the "pretence-new of the pseudo-American" mean in the first item? It
seems most puzzling.</SPAN></DIV>
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Do you think the powerhouse just off the boulevard might refer to Hogarth
Press or probably the Bloomsbury Group? I'm afraid it should be a symbol
here.</SPAN></DIV>
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you very much.</SPAN></DIV>
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