tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1475301372678212923..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Hawthorne's notebooks - too much, not enoughAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-20331817668245509092010-11-09T18:06:40.171-06:002010-11-09T18:06:40.171-06:00All right, I've gotta go to your place and loo...All right, I've gotta go to your place and look at your Peabody stuff.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-66962867239918719352010-11-09T14:09:27.765-06:002010-11-09T14:09:27.765-06:00All caught up now.
Again, drowning scene is an ...All caught up now. <br /><br />Again, drowning scene is an amazing combination of inspirations. First, there's the actual story from the notebooks. Then, you have the fact that Margaret Fuller, who many would naturally associate with your character in Blithedale, drowned. But I'd like to think that Hawthorne was using the obvious Fuller parallels to throw people off the scent of his imaginative treatment of the Peabody Sisters.<br /><br />And speaking of odd, Sophia was super odd until she met Hawthorne. And after Hawthorne married her he got a lot more normal, for a long time. And then Sophia was normal for a little while, but odd again later. Not the ideal editor for the notebooks. <br /><br />And I also remember that she got testy in her dealings with James and Annie Fields after Hawthorne's death, made things tough. Like I said, good stuff in Marshall's Peabody Sisters book, but it may be that the best stuff will be in her next book, about his sister.zhivhttp://zhiv.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22718868538861760832010-11-06T12:22:41.327-05:002010-11-06T12:22:41.327-05:00I don't know if it's a week of Hawthorne s...I don't know if it's a week <i>of</i> Hawthorne so much as a week <i>around</i> Hawthorne. Kinda wanders.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-85027495060798126642010-11-06T10:19:13.474-05:002010-11-06T10:19:13.474-05:00When I last checked I saw Gilbert and Sullivan, an...When I last checked I saw Gilbert and Sullivan, and then I miss an entire week of Hawthorne, including Blithedale!? Have to go and catch up now... very exciting.zhivhttp://zhiv.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com