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LITERATURE: The Confessions of Nat Turner – Irony

Posted on April 3, 2010 by susan

As Nat makes his plans and recruits a small band of friends, this passage stops me cold: One of these, an older man named Joe, has told me that he wants to be baptized and I look forward to the … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Confessions of Nat Turner – Style and Statement

Posted on March 30, 2010 by susan

Lord knows it didn’t look like I was ever going to keep on this book, but even though it was tough for me to enjoy reading–and I’m still not sure whether it was the story thus far or just my … Continue reading →

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WRITING & LITERATURE & BLOGGING: A Tiger’s Worth of Excuses

Posted on February 20, 2010 by susan

Yes, I’m STILL reading Confessions of Nat Turner and will post on it soon, but it’s obvious that I haven’t been the twice-a-day poster girl here for a while. Well, there are some good reasons for that. I’m writing. And, … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Definition?

Posted on August 4, 2009 by susan

Mary Ellen, taking a course called Electric Literature (ain’t that cool?) at Trinity College in Hartford, CT recently brought up the question of defining literature beyond the restriction of the written word. I’ve just started reading Richard A. Posner’s The … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Books, books and more books

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

Revvin up for next week’s local library book sale. Though at the rate I’m going with Ishiguro, I likely have enough to last me the rest of my life.

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LITERATURE: Chekhov as Painter

Posted on April 11, 2009 by susan

You know, there’s nothing to compare to the old when it comes to story writing and someone such as Chekhov: The gloomy pines, with their rough roots that but a year ago had seen him so young, joyful and hale, … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: My Argument with Chekhov

Posted on April 10, 2009 by susan

Or perhaps just with his character of Egor Semenych, an elderly man whose love of his garden is his life’s passion. Who worries that when he is dead, his garden will go to ruin, and even the idea of his … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Chekhov’s Excellent People

Posted on April 5, 2009 by susan

Within this story of a man’s preferred connections to the literary communities there is a relationship between his sister and him that begs attention. A disillusioned and heartbroken woman, Vera Semyonovna spends her time pondering the meaning of life. “I’ve … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Chekhov’s Short Stories

Posted on April 4, 2009 by susan

One thing I’ve always loved about Chekhov is how he homes in on the simplest aspects of human nature or human interaction and makes it important. In The Kiss, with an entire army and a military scenario, the focus is … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: A Sign of The Times

Posted on February 27, 2009 by susan

This article in the The Chronicle Review on Poets’ Puffery is just too funny and maybe too sadly true. Worse however, it seems to extend beyond poetry and literature to all areas of man’s life and accomplishments. I particularly liked … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Finale

Posted on February 22, 2009 by susan

The first thing I’d point out is that Miss Rhys is very likely one of the first to present a classic novel that can possibly be considered fanfic. The first time it hit me was with the name of Grace … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – More Symbolism

Posted on February 15, 2009 by susan

I’m going to go ahead and call the “looking glass” image a symbol rather than metaphor. It becomes clearer when Antoinette’s husband uses the mirror to watch a confrontation between his wife and a servant who obviously harbors prejudicial hatred … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Metaphor

Posted on February 14, 2009 by susan

As well as leit motif I suspect; the recurrence of a “looking glass,” a mirror. In this section of the narrative, the point of view has remained as first person, but the narrator has changed to be the narrator’s husband. … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Simple Eloquence

Posted on February 14, 2009 by susan

Before the fire that destroyed her house, the narrator had a friend with whom she shared a good part of her life. They had parted in an argument that grew nasty with racial name-calling and we wondered if the bond … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Symbolism

Posted on February 13, 2009 by susan

With the mood set early on as one of quiet hatred and fear, Rhys gets us involved in dramatic action as the house is set afire and the mother, her new husband, her two children and the servants must escape … Continue reading →

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