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Frank Lentricchia Biography

Frank Lentricchia (born 1940) is an American literary critic, novelist, and film teacher. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Duke University in 1966 and 1963 respectively after receiving a B.A. from Utica College in 1962. Lentricchia is currently a literature and film studies professor at Duke University.

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Take the road to contradiction, it'll lead you, I promise, to the palace of wisdom.

I Promise, Lead, Palaces, Promise, Take, Wisdom

I want to die, stripped, by myself, of all fantasies. That's the goal. I want to feel what is real, at the end, and only what is real. Grip fiercely with my eyes all that is around me--the people of my intimate life, the objects in the room, without the evasions of fantasies.

Eye, Grip, Objects, People, Real

People are mysterious, even to themselves.

Mysterious, People

No one can be the total cure for another person.

Cure, Cures, Person, Persons, Total

The camera has a mind of its own--its own point of view. Then the human bearer of time stumbles into the camera's gaze--the camera's domain of pristine space hitherto untraversed is now contaminated by human temporality. Intrusion occurs, but the camera remains transfixed by its object. It doesn't care. The camera has no human fears.

Mind, Space, View, Views

In the end, everything is found to be wanting.

Ends, Everything, Found, Wanting

Our personal past is only available to us now through black-and-white film, it's a medium for communication with the dead, including our dead selves, the way we used to be, which is why we're drawn to it.

Available, Black And White, Communication, Drawn, Past, Used

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