tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post352003399249557138..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Nibbling the sacred cheese of life with Stephen CraneAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36091911797988551832016-02-12T09:21:11.087-06:002016-02-12T09:21:11.087-06:00Oh yeah, The Portable Crane - I should see what...Oh yeah, <i>The Portable Crane</i> - I should see what's in that.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29169823930883902462016-02-12T09:18:33.821-06:002016-02-12T09:18:33.821-06:00Thank you for highlighting Crane. The Portable Cra...Thank you for highlighting Crane. The Portable Crane beckons to me from the bookshelf, and I can hear the beckoning now only because of your posting. Perhaps I will begin with RBOC. Again, thanks!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-92065631527469212832016-02-11T23:05:33.335-06:002016-02-11T23:05:33.335-06:00Yes, the variety of tone is another little miracle...Yes, the variety of tone is another little miracle. The story, as summarized, gives no hint about the shifts in tone, in the humor, for example.<br /><br />Yet it is also a first-rate adventure story.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-35349425500309540262016-02-11T22:39:00.984-06:002016-02-11T22:39:00.984-06:00i just read this story two weeks ago and was most ...i just read this story two weeks ago and was most impressed by the humor and the fact that though they were in this tiny boat for three days with nothing to eat and not much to drink, describing the suffering took a second place to the humor. when they were watching the tourists on the beach before landing, a certain dry regard emerged that emphasized their aloneness, though. many things could be said about this story, which in itself points to it's excellence.Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-61009045132407223872016-02-11T21:21:32.477-06:002016-02-11T21:21:32.477-06:00Even funnier is how the two narrators have such di...Even funnier is how the two narrators have such different concerns. One is all "I'm gonna die" and the other is all "I just came up with the coolest metaphor."<br /><br />There is a bit where a shark shows up and follows the boat for a while that is a perfect example. Meta-narrator says "[t]he speed and power of the thing was greatly to be admired"; rowing Crane "simply looked at the sea dully and swore in an undertone."<br /><br />It's a great story. I wish Chekhov had read it. I wish Crane had been able to read Chekhov.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-54593466010737386162016-02-11T18:33:15.282-06:002016-02-11T18:33:15.282-06:00What I meant to say is: Wow, that's a great tr...What I meant to say is: Wow, that's a great trick, the omniscient Crane narrator commenting on the first-person Crane-the-character narrator. That's really good. Two fictional Cranes, only one aware of the other. I don't know if anyone had done that before him.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-65763564133640138252016-02-11T18:31:24.859-06:002016-02-11T18:31:24.859-06:00Someday I should read The Open Boat. Wow, he died ...Someday I should read <i>The Open Boat</i>. Wow, he died young, did Crane (I just googled him). I had no idea.<br /><br />I know I read <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> in school, but I can't remember any of it clearly. In my memory, it's weirdly conflated with <i>All Quiet on the Western Front.</i>scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.com