tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8612367418442882612..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: "Let the dirt dig in the dirt if it pleases the dirt" - Kipling takes the long viewAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-50163488743223983302015-10-23T23:09:09.032-05:002015-10-23T23:09:09.032-05:00Now I am almost frightened to read "Mrs. Bath...Now I am almost frightened to read "Mrs. Bathurst."Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-79092053006565663242015-10-23T12:48:50.431-05:002015-10-23T12:48:50.431-05:00Talking about Kipling's puzzles. Anthony Burge...Talking about Kipling's puzzles. Anthony Burgess (or was it Paul Theroux?), during one of his conversations with Borges, was offered the chance to try to crack together the mystery of Mrs. Bathurst and see if it was a good story, he refused, to this refusal Borges only replied, "it must be a bad story then". <br /><br />What a missed opportunity, but only to be expected, since Theroux had considered ridiculous Kipling's tale 'At the End of the Passage', where a man photographs the bogeyman on a dead man's retina and then burns the pictures because they are so frightening (which, by the way, is pretty much the plot of the Sinister movie franchise). <br /><br />A supernatural entity being captured on film and being able to see us from inside the film, and harm us, is the key to unpacking Mrs. Bathurst, IMHO (and, by the way again, it's a plot device used a lot on movies like The Curse and The Ring and...).Cleanthesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363416290397892659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-73866693712296053172015-10-11T22:53:33.039-05:002015-10-11T22:53:33.039-05:00Mudpuddle - yes, I think that is right. The best ...Mudpuddle - yes, I think that is right. The best place I Know to see it is in <i>Kim</i>, that great celebration of Indian multicultrualism.<br /><br />Cleanthess - Kipling is so full of treasures. And puzzles. I am sure I will read all of his short fiction, at least. I would love to have a little set of it, if anyone would print up such a thing for me, which seems unlikely now. Even a period piece like "A Walking Delegate" had the most amazing descriptive passages about the horses, especially their movement. What an eye.<br /><br />Roger - thanks for the pointer. Really interesting, and all new to me.<br /><br />Di - you know, one of those dreams where you drown, and the main problem with drowning is not that you die that a duck laughs at you, and when you wake up you are still irritated at that duck.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45847435549595953762015-10-11T07:46:29.216-05:002015-10-11T07:46:29.216-05:00https://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/ has some im...https://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/ has some imteresting pieces on Kipling.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-30180122362248362822015-10-11T05:05:51.151-05:002015-10-11T05:05:51.151-05:00"Georgie drowns and a duck laughs"??? :-..."Georgie drowns and a duck laughs"??? :-sHai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11269267910380672632015-10-10T23:12:18.457-05:002015-10-10T23:12:18.457-05:00Thank you so much for writing these posts, being a...Thank you so much for writing these posts, being a Kiplinger is a lonely path, finding insightful readers of Kipling is a rare occasion.Cleanthesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363416290397892659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-68155267292702751322015-10-10T22:55:35.665-05:002015-10-10T22:55:35.665-05:00kipling's mysticism shows up even in these &qu...kipling's mysticism shows up even in these "mechanical" stories; let the dirt dig the dirt; let thought do what thought does... he must have become quite familiar with hinduism and associated religions while a young journalist in india, as well as reporting on major construction projects.Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com