tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5468889785953013745..comments2024-03-17T05:07:13.710-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: "Oh, I see the connection now!" - how Kate Chopin uses FlaubertAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-37801961302844883672017-01-30T23:21:18.785-06:002017-01-30T23:21:18.785-06:00That meadow kind of cracks the code.That meadow kind of cracks the code.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45449260982735315272017-01-30T16:34:08.822-06:002017-01-30T16:34:08.822-06:00Ha! I remember the meadow that seemed as big as an...Ha! I remember the meadow that seemed as big as an ocean. Definitely time to reread this. I might even get up and see if I can find it. (Found it!) Gone to the top of my TBR.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-67512066037570505962017-01-28T16:30:25.786-06:002017-01-28T16:30:25.786-06:00A regression to childhood is kind of a strange &qu...A regression to childhood is kind of a strange "awakening." Maybe not an "awakening" at all.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71334665980423660342017-01-28T16:21:26.916-06:002017-01-28T16:21:26.916-06:00"... saw the other story, about a woman who ..."... saw the other story, about a woman who regresses to her childhood, and whose “awakening” is that of a child. All of this is tied to her father somehow. This story contrasts with the surface story, and in some ways contradicts it. Complicates it, at least."<br />What do you mean?Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4897618008980215962017-01-22T16:53:17.782-06:002017-01-22T16:53:17.782-06:00The novel can be profitably read without a drop of...The novel can be profitably read without a drop of sympathy for Edna. I have some doubts about how much sympathy the author has for Edna.<br /><br />Good luck with your Hawthorne and Melville plans.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38559972011007850662017-01-22T12:25:20.172-06:002017-01-22T12:25:20.172-06:00You make an interesting point about past and curre...You make an interesting point about past and current readings of texts; the texts never change but readers do change (more than we realize). Like you, I read Chopin's novella when I was an undergraduate (but did not care for it, probably because I as a foolish freshman resented all assignments) when Chopin was the rediscovered rage in English departments, and I reread the novella (and enjoyed and appreciated it much more) much later when I was in my 50s. I wonder I would think of "The Awakening" now that I am in my 70s. Well, when I have worked my way through my current game plan (Hawthorne and Melville) at my blog, which I invite you to visit, I will have to revisit Chopin, and then I can find out if I have gained any sympathy for Edna (i.e., suicide has no excuse, but perhaps I am being too harsh and personal, especially since the novella is about much more than self-inflicted death).RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-87604101516241768582017-01-16T11:27:20.731-06:002017-01-16T11:27:20.731-06:00Very much worth re-reading. Lots of interesting p...Very much worth re-reading. Lots of interesting paths to follow, more than I mentioned.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24966921722877270262017-01-16T09:31:07.891-06:002017-01-16T09:31:07.891-06:00Great posts about this book. It's a long time ...Great posts about this book. It's a long time since I read this, and I suspect I took it very much on the surface level, the feminist rediscovery angle being foremost in my mind. But I think I would read it very differently now - definitely I'll go back to it. <br /><br />kaggsysbookishramblingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47603704660948916952017-01-16T09:09:04.797-06:002017-01-16T09:09:04.797-06:00Well, the second time, long ago. This time more o...Well, the second time, long ago. This time more or less confirmed that what I remembered was still there.<br /><br />It is a book written to be re-read. That is close to my definition of literary art.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-52419651514789375172017-01-16T08:42:47.607-06:002017-01-16T08:42:47.607-06:00It sounds like you had your own Awakening in the t...It sounds like you had your own Awakening in the third reading of Chopin's Awakening. When I read it the first time I felt that there were multiple layers to it that I didn't get. So worth multiple reads. My favorite Chopin story.Melissa Beckhttp://www.thebookbindersdaughter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33210148457275022252017-01-15T22:48:50.418-06:002017-01-15T22:48:50.418-06:00Well hey, that's fascinating. I read it a cou...Well hey, that's fascinating. I read it a couple of years ago and of course didn't get any of that. Sometime I'll pick it up again.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com