Saturday, September 26, 2009

Apotheosis

Apotheosis: An apotheosis is something elevated to the heavenly/divine heights - the embodiment of a godly ideal. It first shares its etymology with theology, theocracy, and theism. Secondarily, apotheosis shares its etymology with apogee, apoplexy, and apostrophe.
The apotheosis for the forties studio system's so-called 'women's picture'? Like I don't know it's Now, Voyager."
A Book for Today: Zeroville by Steve Erickson

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