What is on the page/screen is the real deal.
Gus, you are such a New Critic. Cleanth Brooks would be so proud!
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jen - Jul 03, 2004 3:39:35 pm PDT #4516 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Daisy Jane - Jul 03, 2004 3:40:08 pm PDT #4517 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My book is not 1893. It is 1887. I have a book that is 117 years old. I'm boggled.
Typo Boy - Jul 03, 2004 3:40:26 pm PDT #4518 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hmm - I think stuff outside of "what's on the page" can greatly increase your enjoyment. In fact it does - and not just of written work. Think about how much your enjoyment of firefly was enhanced by familiarity with Western and Science Fiction tropes and tell me me that only "what was on the screen" counted. Not that you couldn't enjoy Firefly without that information - but it really gave you access to whole layers of fun that would not have been there otherwise.
Consuela - Jul 03, 2004 3:41:42 pm PDT #4519 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It becomes clear to me why I don't want to analyze literature. It is like knowing details about an actor or actresses' life. It does nothing to improve my appreciation of Buffy To know that Alyson and Alex were hooked up in real life. Digging into the thought processes of an author? Same deal.
Yeah, but that's not necessarily required in discussing literature. You can spend a lot of time talking about a text without once mentioning the author's life or her relationship with her mother.
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2004 3:42:31 pm PDT #4520 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My book is not 1893. It is 1887. I have a book that is 117 years old. I'm boggled.
Ye gods. And I care so much that my copy of Wuthering Heights is 55 years old.
Daisy Jane - Jul 03, 2004 3:45:36 pm PDT #4521 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
No, it's not in a case at all (that was Mr. H's humidor, but I thought it made a good background). I picked it up at a booksale ages ago. I'm going through some of the other books on that shelf to see what else we've got.
Like,3 well preserved volumes of War and Peace from 1899.
msbelle - Jul 03, 2004 3:47:12 pm PDT #4522 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think the oldest book I have is Queechy by Elizabeth Wetherell, it's 1852.
Connie Neil - Jul 03, 2004 3:52:15 pm PDT #4523 of 10002
brillig
King Solomon's Mine was first published in 1885/1886. Cool.
Daisy Jane - Jul 03, 2004 3:54:22 pm PDT #4524 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
There's no date on mine. I had to go by the publisher and cover art.
Connie Neil - Jul 03, 2004 3:56:31 pm PDT #4525 of 10002
brillig
t twitching in old, fancy book acquisitiveness So, um, Heather, where does that book live in your house? What's your address? t checking that "books" aren't listed in that list in the Ten Commandents with the ass and the wife and the maidservant