tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5845539016860451898..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Unfathomably shallow! – No! - Melville argues against meAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-37944039992379938752010-08-27T12:11:59.371-05:002010-08-27T12:11:59.371-05:00Oh, the Scottish Presbyterian. No one gets along ...Oh, the Scottish Presbyterian. No one gets along with him, he gets along with no one.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-21307267950223943122010-08-27T00:24:59.306-05:002010-08-27T00:24:59.306-05:00I forgot the Piranesi! Well, you've seen it. ...I forgot the Piranesi! Well, you've seen it. It's up there now.<br /><br />The ebb and flow of sympathy in this poem is so complicated - and I don't see why the reader has any obligation to agree with Clarel. I think that's built in, actually - skepticism about Clarel's decisions or interpretations of the other characters is legitimate.<br /><br />Are there any actual villians? I was sure the mercenary would be, but I was wrong. Margoth, maybe, the geologist? No, he's just another extreme.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-42912489915175187542010-08-26T17:17:14.892-05:002010-08-26T17:17:14.892-05:00What nonsense have I been spouting about prosaic M...<em>What nonsense have I been spouting about prosaic Melville? This whole section is wonderfully wild.</em><br /><br />Exacty! So true. <br /><br />Isn't it a bit funny that Melville's readers, or at least two of them, are so much more What Not To Do than otherwise? I mean, I want to <em>read</em> about this stuff, but, by and large, not live it. I found myself feeling very bad for Derwent at times too.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532641082944082516noreply@blogger.com