As controversies swirl around the postal service, Pynchon’s “Crying of Lot 49” seems relevant. So does Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O.”
Tag Archives: Jane Austen
Using Novels for Sexual Assualt
In Sanditon the novel, unlike the television series, the villainous Sir Edward Denham reads novels. He learns the wrong lessons from Samuel Richardson, however.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Clarissa, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, Pamela, rakes, Samuel Richardson, Sanditon, seduction, sexual assault Comments closed
Sanditon’s Disappointing Ending
While filled with allusions to the previous novels, the televised “Sanditon” is in the end a let-down. I explore why.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged adaptations, Emma, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sanditon, Sense and Sensibility Comments closed
The Dangers of Emotional Identification
In which I push back against an article warning about emotional identification with literary characters.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Age of Sensibility, Anne Radcliffe, Goethe, Hannah Arendt, Homer, Iliad, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Namwali Serpell, Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Sorrows of Young Werther Comments closed
The Dreadful Sound of Trump (not that one)
Wednesday On Monday I hosted what proved to be a lovely luncheon (an onion tart, ratatouille, and a trifle) for Vanderbilt University Librarian Valerie Hotchkiss, who was in Sewanee to discuss a presentation I will be giving at the university on the card game Speculation. Jane Austen fans will recognize it as the game played […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Cock-Crowing", "Second Coming", "On the Cards and Dice", Cards, D. H. Lawrence, games, Henry Vaughan, Jesus, Man Who Died, Mansfield Park, Resurrection, Sir Walter Raleigh Comments closed
Imagine Lit Characters in Reality TV
Thursday I came across this enjoyable tweet from one Ross Danniel Bullen, who imagines a Victorian version of the House Hunters television show: Host: I— Henry James: I should like a kitchen whose concept is – how shall I conceive of it – not closed, not in some way occluded, but bright, agape, unrestrained as […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bachelor, Bachelorette, Charles Dickens, Hard Times, Henry James, House Hunters, Importance of Being Earnest, Jeopardy, Lost, Oscar Wilde, Pride and Prejudice, reality television, Samuel Beckett, television shows, Waiting for Godot Comments closed
