tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2057280229384991504..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The possibility of lifelong happiness - Turgenev calculates the keen and quivering ratioAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-87585645196068163872010-09-06T17:05:36.367-05:002010-09-06T17:05:36.367-05:00I think he was gloomy in response to environmental...I think he was gloomy in response to environmental conditions: the miasma exuded by Flaubert. On the other hand, if you spend a lot of time with Flaubert, you're almost bound to appear cheerful in comparison. <br /><br />Seriously, though, I can't say that he's gloomier than Flaubert or that his outlook is grimmer than Maupassant's. The lot of them were gloomy partly as a result of being post-romantic, which is a sort of degenerative diseases that attacks the heart, but mainly irritates the nervous system.die geneigte Leserinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-80825931592287830102010-09-04T10:27:40.287-05:002010-09-04T10:27:40.287-05:00Waddayamean, "actually"? Turgenev's...Waddayamean, "actually"? Turgenev's story "Faust" was published in 1856. Goethe's play "Faust," which is a central part of the story, was, yes, earlier. <br /><br />"<i>Only</i> gloomy in response to socioeconomic conditions" - you really believe that? Under different socioeconomic conditions (say those of Paris or Baden Baden), Turgenev would have been a walking beam of sunshine?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-21528057339350063972010-09-04T00:09:15.908-05:002010-09-04T00:09:15.908-05:00Actually Goethe's drama 'Faust' was co...Actually Goethe's drama 'Faust' was completed long before 1856, the second part being completed in 1832 the year of Goethe's death.<br /><br />Turgenev, one of Russia's greatest 19th century writers was only gloomy in response to the socio-economic circumstances Russia experienced, though I agree there has been some good film adaptions of his novels.Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-39144997080861358072010-09-03T22:11:23.132-05:002010-09-03T22:11:23.132-05:00The things Hollywood makes foreign directors do!
...The things Hollywood makes foreign directors do!<br /><br />I urge anyone interested in Turgenev to go to Lisa's piece on <i>Rudin</i>, linked in her comment.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-2155311664983997692010-09-03T18:13:38.681-05:002010-09-03T18:13:38.681-05:00I'm glad you liked this one, AR: it's my f...I'm glad you liked this one, AR: it's my favorite Turgenev so far, with <a href="http://lizoksbooks.blogspot.com/2008/09/back-to-classics-turgenev-and.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Fathers and Sons</i></a> a close second. (I liked <a href="http://lizoksbooks.blogspot.com/2009/09/turgenevs-rudin.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Rudin</i></a> more than you did and (heavens!) have not yet read <i>On the Eve</i>.) <br /><br />There's also a film adaptation of <i>Nest of the Gentry</i>; I thought it was pretty good. The director is Andrei Konchalovskii, the same guy who made <i>Tango & Cash</i>. My!Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.com