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Elliot's Reading: The cultural struggle that is the undercurrent in Conrad's fiction
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Sunday, August 2, 2015. The cultural struggle that is the undercurrent in Conrad's fiction. Conrad's Victory is becoming a novel as much about the hotelier Shomberg (? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Exiles, a novel. Soho Press (N.Y.), 2009. View my complete profile. Adler (H.G.). Age of Innocence (The). Art of Fielding (The). Catcher in the Rye. The cult...
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Elliot's Reading: August 2010
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. A novel needs an arc of story, a fundamental crisis, depth - not surface. Links to this post. Monday, August 30, 2010. Byatt has great imagination but this novel in danger of running off the rails. So how much is going on in A.S. Byatt's "The Children's Book"? Well: Olive delivers a baby boy (Harry), child # 7? Links to this post.
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Elliot's Reading: December 2009
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Thursday, December 31, 2009. Napoleon - Crazy or What? I'm with my brother-in-aw, Jay Stone, a history teacher, and I asked him, last night, what's Napoleon doing? Why the hell is he invading Russia? Links to this post. Wednesday, December 30, 2009. Links to this post. Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Here's a link to info about Bending the Bow:. Links to this post.
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Elliot's Reading: February 2010
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Sunday, February 28, 2010. Why The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo misses its mark. Didja think it was strange that Harrriet's body had never turned up? Didja think it might have been a clue that someone was sending pressed flowers every year to Henrik, and the latest was an Australian specimen? Links to this post. Labels: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (The). Thoug...
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Elliot's Reading: Conrad's heroes in a world without a god
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Conrad's heroes in a world without a god. Exploitation of less-developed lands and people? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Exiles, a novel. Soho Press (N.Y.), 2009. View my complete profile. Adler (H.G.). Age of Innocence (The). Art of Fielding (The). Beauty of Humanity Movement (The). Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk. Something a...
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Elliot's Reading: Two ways in which Conrad falls flat - the limits of his vision
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Two ways in which Conrad falls flat - the limits of his vision. Hate scenes between husband and wife? Or her decision to run off? Of the condition of the house? Of the solitude in which they'll live? Conrad seems generally unable to see 3rd-world populations and people of color as little more than narrative conveniences. Heyst's ...
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Elliot's Reading: Colonialism, imperialism, and the meaning of Ricardo's tale in Victory
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Colonialism, imperialism, and the meaning of Ricardo's tale in Victory. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Exiles, a novel. Soho Press (N.Y.), 2009. View my complete profile. Adler (H.G.). Age of Innocence (The). Art of Fielding (The). Beauty of Humanity Movement (The). Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk. Catcher in the Rye. H Is for Hawk.
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Elliot's Reading: One of the few English-language stories with a setting in Korea
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Saturday, August 1, 2015. One of the few English-language stories with a setting in Korea. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Exiles, a novel. Soho Press (N.Y.), 2009. View my complete profile. Adler (H.G.). Age of Innocence (The). Art of Fielding (The). Beauty of Humanity Movement (The). Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk. Catcher in the Rye. H Is for Hawk.
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Elliot's Reading: Contemporary versions of fairy tales - who writes these and why
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Friday, August 7, 2015. Contemporary versions of fairy tales - who writes these and why. Is it now more meaningful? Have I learned anything about storytelling, or about people? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Exiles, a novel. Soho Press (N.Y.), 2009. View my complete profile. Adler (H.G.). Age of Innocence (The). Art of Fielding (The). Catcher in the Rye.
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Elliot's Reading: June 2010
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A daily record of what I'm thinking about what I'm reading. To read about movies and TV shows I'm watching, visit my other blog: Elliot's Watching. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Garcia Marqez's Bolivar seems credible but maybe because Garcia Marquez has formed our ideas about Latin America. Links to this post. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The 180-degree opposite of the interminable Wolf Hall: General in His Labyrinth. Why do so many of the people despise him, he has to almost sneak out of Bogota in darkness?