▁aston ishing ▁intellectual ▁and ▁formal ▁range , ▁ref res hing ▁and ▁dis arm ing ▁in ▁its ▁fran k ness . ▁The ▁vision ▁here ▁is ▁fier ce , ▁int imate , ▁and ▁t ire less ▁in ▁its ▁determ ination ▁to ▁see ▁this ▁life ▁square ly : ▁‘ do ▁the ▁sacred ▁miss ▁the ▁prof ane ? ’ ▁Yes , ▁Web ster ▁suggests — but ▁if ▁so , ▁then ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁case ▁that ▁the ▁body ▁is ▁‘ an ▁alt ar ▁on ▁which ▁you ▁can ▁only ▁lay ▁down ▁so ▁much .’ ▁Web ster ▁makes ▁of ▁this ▁d ile m ma ▁a ▁med itation ▁that ▁rav ishes ▁with ▁its ▁she er ▁n erve ▁and ▁everywhere ▁persu ades ▁by ▁its ▁commit ment ▁to ▁ly ric ▁beauty , ▁intellectual ▁rig or , ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁power — at ▁once ▁res cu ing ▁and ▁mut in ous — of ▁language ▁itself ." ▁ ▁Of ▁Grand ▁and ▁Ar sen al , ▁Lisa ▁Russ ▁Sp aar ▁wrote : ▁“ O bs essed ▁as ▁she ▁was ▁in ▁her ▁first ▁book ▁with ▁time , ▁with ▁fet ish ▁and ▁w under k ammer ▁catalog ing , ▁with ▁the ▁bl ur ▁between ▁the ▁sacred ▁and ▁the ▁sec ular , ▁Web ster ▁car ries ▁her ▁flo od ▁subject ▁matter ▁into ▁new ▁tur f ▁in ▁Grand ▁& ▁Ar sen al : ▁the ▁political ▁and ▁the ▁er otic , ▁the ▁pra ised ▁and ▁the ▁ind icted , ▁the ▁or ac ular ▁and ▁the ▁silent .” ▁ ▁Nik ky ▁Fin ney : ▁" K er ri ▁Web ster ’