tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1838085753511605998..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Mendele Mocher Sforim - Benjamin III, Don Quixote, and the limits of satireAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43114268352596982262009-02-12T13:19:00.000-06:002009-02-12T13:19:00.000-06:00The role of women is an omnipresent theme in this ...The role of women is an omnipresent theme in this literature. That's what <I>Tevye the Dairyman</I> is largely about, for example. That's been a surprise to me.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-78966742287355486912009-02-12T08:54:00.000-06:002009-02-12T08:54:00.000-06:00I think I read the same Don Quixote you did. Benja...I think I read the same Don Quixote you did. Benjamin sounds marvelous. And isn't it usually the way that the women have to stay at home and take the practical side of things in order to keep everyone fed and clothed. Not fair really. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-83740424754997875742009-02-11T20:14:00.000-06:002009-02-11T20:14:00.000-06:00No, this is interesting. Keep spreading the Michae...No, this is interesting. Keep spreading the Michael Malone gospel.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-91197599938412879462009-02-11T14:16:00.000-06:002009-02-11T14:16:00.000-06:00This has nothing to do with Yiddish literature, bu...This has nothing to do with Yiddish literature, but I just wanted to reprazent some love for Michael Malone, who re-thought Don Quixote in his fine book "Handling Sin." Once you get back to the 20th Century, I will insist that you read it. I just love it. There are those (okay, my agent and one review I read somewhere) who say Malone is the modern Dickens (which I suppose lots of people get tagged with, but in this case I actually agree). The part where Raleigh Hayes and his morbidly obese neighbor Mingo set off for New Orleans in his daughter's falling-apart, ancient compact car (license plate: KISSYPU) is right up there with the descriptions of the Chancery Court in Dickens, in my (admittedly not very valuable) opinion.the designated knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587192044297208064noreply@blogger.com