General Contents at Troynovant Herein we propose and advance a cultural stratigraphy, exploring and delineating a few layers and textures of the human mind which we visualize as Troynovant: the city of nobly recurring knowledge. About our overlayered structure for this Troy-town maze of cultural stratigraphy — at Troynovant an entry is a review of book or story, of film or reel or soundie, if largely about a particular title; a glance or counterpoint to an article or curiosity is an illuminant; a folly mines a vein of humor, or if more pointed a satire; a memoir is a firsthand reminiscence; a postcard showcases a flat-carded Scene of Passage; a compilation gathers quotations stoking Trains of Thought; otherwise generally an essay. As Thoreau says rightly, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." If our own subjects and perspectives often seem off the beaten path, it is through no desire to be different for difference's sake, but simply because these Trains of Thought roll to the rhythm of a different bassoon. Our New Troy rejoices in the innocence of becoming, as the philosophers say: a Renewing Troy. The medieval proverb says that Stadtluft macht frei, or city air makes one free — a citizen freed from serfdom; but we suggest more simply, Luft macht frei: determinedly breathing free air maintains our continuing city of recurrent inspiration. Whom the gods would enlighten they first teach to read. Robert Wilfred Franson, editor |
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