Eh. Not in the Nearly-Headless Nick sense.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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."
Dana - Jul 11, 2004 6:47:01 am PDT #4943 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2004 6:52:07 am PDT #4944 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Lame!
Also, I missed the dead puppies.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2004 7:23:25 am PDT #4945 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think there are lots of dogs in Wuthering Heights, not just dead puppies. The Linton's have dogs that bite Catherine I (Fanny?) and Heathcliff (I think) has a dog named Skulher.
Anyway I tend to think Wuthering Heights is a great story, but the narration within a narration starts to wear a bit.
erikaj - Jul 11, 2004 7:34:11 am PDT #4946 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
IMO, the second generation comes pretty close, P-C.(I love that book. Why'd I say such a bitchy thing?)
Steph L. - Jul 11, 2004 8:52:25 am PDT #4947 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Zombies would totally make Wuthering Heights better.
Isn't Edgar a zombie? Because he sure the hell seems like one....
Ginger - Jul 11, 2004 9:22:01 am PDT #4948 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
With regard to the Andrew Solomon article, I certainly had times in English classes in which I'd have been willing to blame global warming on deconstructionism, in part because I had professors who used it as a hammer to beat works of literature to death. I'd be willing to concede that some of the reduction in reading might be related to the devaluing of the canon, but deconstructionism was only a small part of that process. The devaluing of the canon came more from efforts, which sometimes went too far, to get away from teaching only dead white men, plus a variety of other critical approaches such as reader-response.
There also does seem to be more social pressure against being smart than there was when I was young. I have several friends with very bright young teenage girls who have gone out of their way to not be seen as "smart," including not turning in homework that they'd done. It's clearly not cool. Of course, I doubt if I would have known what was cool when I was in high school. I was, after all, president of the science club.
DavidS - Jul 11, 2004 9:23:38 am PDT #4949 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, I missed the dead puppies.
I need to go find this scene or retire it from my repertoire of references.
Atropa - Jul 11, 2004 9:47:05 am PDT #4950 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm almost done with Wuthering Heights. You know what would make this book better? Zombies.
So. Damn. True.
erikaj - Jul 11, 2004 9:51:53 am PDT #4951 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I think there are dead bunnies...that Lockwood mistakes for cats. But maybe Heathcliff killed puppies, too...it seems like something he would do, in midlife, anyway.
victor infante - Jul 11, 2004 9:52:47 am PDT #4952 of 10002
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I'm almost done with Wuthering Heights. You know what would make this book better? Zombies.
I was kind of hoping for them in the second half...