The Fall’s Mark E. Smith abandoned Romantic subjectivity for a narrative author-function

Evidence

“Unsuitable for Romantics”, Smith will graffiti onto the cover of Hex Enduction Hour, and “Spectre Vs. Rector” is the template for the anti-Romantic methodology he will deploy on the Fall’s most important releases. After “Spectre Vs. Rector”, there is no Mark E Smith the romantic subject. The novelty of Smith’s approach is to impose the novel or tale form (“Part One: spectre versus rector…”) into the Romantic-lyrical tradition of the r and r song, so that the author-function supplants that of the lyrical balladeer. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1109

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mark E. Smith ran the Fall as an autocractic shaman-author purging spontaneity — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1150; The Fall’s vocal polyphony was mediated through borrowed styles like Lewis’s telegraphic headlines — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1113

Broader Connections

• Mark E. Smith ran the Fall as an autocractic shaman-author purging spontaneity #complicates (0.85) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1150
• The Fall’s vocal polyphony was mediated through borrowed styles like Lewis’s telegraphic headlines #expands (0.80) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1113