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Symbols in Literature’s Orchestra | Dave Astor on Literature
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Dave Astor on Literature. Short essays about novels and other fictional works. All’s Well That Ends Well — Except When It Doesn’t. Authors Who Met Cute and Not So Cute →. Symbols in Literature’s Orchestra. Posted by Dave Astor. A brief note before this week’s column begins: Since I started “Dave Astor on Literature” four months ago (on July 14), the blog has received 10,303 page views and 3,319 comments. Thank you, everyone! Those of you who’ve seen the iconic Citizen Kane. 8216;s title: gaps (lacunae) i...
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Literature Gives Us Screen Gems and Screen Duds | Dave Astor on Literature
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Dave Astor on Literature. Short essays about novels and other fictional works. Big Gap in Ages on Many Pages. It’s Hard Being Indifferent to Characters This Different →. Literature Gives Us Screen Gems and Screen Duds. Posted by Dave Astor. I don’t watch many movies or much TV, but I’ve seen enough to have a sense of what it’s like when literature makes it to the screen. But sometimes movie or TV treatments of literature almost match the original literary work, or even surpass it. The screenplay writ...