tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7048815759114666241..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The best thing is to just sit still - Pessoan NescioAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-68403612796949161902012-04-25T20:39:16.883-05:002012-04-25T20:39:16.883-05:00Ha! They said I was crazy, but I'm not crazy!...Ha! They said I was crazy, but I'm not crazy!<br /><br />The only problem with that most enticing book (<i> <br />The Rise of the Office Clerk in Literary Culture, 1880-1939</i>, Johnathan Wild, 2006) is that it is entirely about <i>England</i>. C'mon, people, get off the little island once in a while! Live a little!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33450019844622696632012-04-25T17:44:21.560-05:002012-04-25T17:44:21.560-05:00This looks interesting:
http://www.palgrave.com/p...This looks interesting:<br /><br />http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=1403945268<br /><br />I'm going to see if the university library has a copy.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-391553741612237392012-04-25T16:14:05.165-05:002012-04-25T16:14:05.165-05:00Ah, see, you get past 1900 and they're everywh...Ah, see, you get past 1900 and they're everywhere.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24594400277277851222012-04-25T15:58:55.229-05:002012-04-25T15:58:55.229-05:00Is it ethical to be an island in the face of evil?...<i>Is it ethical to be an island in the face of evil? Or is any other choice ethical?</i><br /><br />Bérenger from Ionesco's <i>Rinocéros</i>, another office clerk, seems to suggest one slanted, depressing answer to those questions. He resists becoming a rhinoceros, but what's left to him at the end? Nothing but rhinoceri all around.<br /><br />Also, I nominate Molloy for admission to the Clerk's Literary Union.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71950068691327988072012-04-25T15:33:27.017-05:002012-04-25T15:33:27.017-05:00More clerk literature: "Counterparts" fr...More clerk literature: "Counterparts" from Joyce's <i>Dubliners</i>, about a scrivener named Farrington, who drags off in the middle of the day to go drinking with his young son Tom.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.com