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The bulk of his poetic work, for example, is from Ovid, and Marlowe and Ovid share a formal, conceptual mentality.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, who knows how Marlowe would look to me if he had lived.  And we do know how Shakespeare would appear if he had died at age 29, just after the publication of the highly Ovidian \u003Ci\u003EVenus and Adonis\u003C\/i\u003E - like a promising disciple of Marlowe."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/7099896441432237267\/comments\/default\/9109417241050338010"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/7099896441432237267\/comments\/default\/9109417241050338010"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/ovids-amores-and-marlowes-ovid-love.html?showComment=1708049348948#c9109417241050338010","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/ovids-amores-and-marlowes-ovid-love.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7099896441432237267","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/7099896441432237267","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 15, 2024 at 8:09 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7208021054359140789"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-15T06:04:33.870-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-15T06:04:33.870-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sorry, in my excitement at this post, I forgot to ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Sorry, in my excitement at this post, I forgot to change from anonymous to my name before publishing."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/7099896441432237267\/comments\/default\/7208021054359140789"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/7099896441432237267\/comments\/default\/7208021054359140789"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/ovids-amores-and-marlowes-ovid-love.html?showComment=1707998673870#c7208021054359140789","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Clare Shepherd"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/ovids-amores-and-marlowes-ovid-love.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7099896441432237267","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/7099896441432237267","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1085022134"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 15, 2024 at 6:04 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8945339389548060902"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-15T06:02:15.988-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-15T06:02:15.988-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I take it you are discounting Ovid as influencing ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I take it you are discounting Ovid as influencing Shakespeare when you say Marlowe was our most Ovidian poet? I suppose you mean in style not in the influence. Having finished Metamorphoses some time ago, I had a little break, mainly reading Polybius, and am ready for more Ovid. I have downloaded Marlowe from Project Gutenberg and will look for Green now. I really enjoyed this post, thanks."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/7099896441432237267\/comments\/default\/8945339389548060902"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/7099896441432237267\/comments\/default\/8945339389548060902"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/ovids-amores-and-marlowes-ovid-love.html?showComment=1707998535988#c8945339389548060902","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/ovids-amores-and-marlowes-ovid-love.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7099896441432237267","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/7099896441432237267","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1085022134"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 15, 2024 at 6:02 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1549716340412947723"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-14T20:05:05.091-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-14T20:05:05.091-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I have rediscovered my blog.  Yes, The Balkans do ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I have rediscovered my blog.  Yes, The Balkans do seem to bring out the Romantic side of some people.  And the stereotypes, the Balkans as the world of \u003Ci\u003EDuck Soup\u003C\/i\u003E and Doctor Doom.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWest is not as bad with \u0026quot;race\u0026quot; as the above but it was still a surprise to see her pushing the word so hard in 1941.  Often simply replacing \u0026quot;race\u0026quot; with \u0026quot;culture\u0026quot; softens the essentialism."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/8190768657515030830\/comments\/default\/1549716340412947723"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/8190768657515030830\/comments\/default\/1549716340412947723"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/books-i-read-in-january-2024-as-long.html?showComment=1707962705091#c1549716340412947723","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/books-i-read-in-january-2024-as-long.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8190768657515030830","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/8190768657515030830","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 14, 2024 at 8:05 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5900860680716488149"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-14T20:00:04.597-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-14T20:00:04.597-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Paul Barolsky book I just read, about Ovidian ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Paul Barolsky book I just read, about Ovidian art, made it clear how often Renaissance painters took subjects that are not sexy in Ovid - Jupiter\u0026#39;s various assaults, for example - and made them erotic, on up to pornographic.  Not Ovid\u0026#39;s fault!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;Peak through my hands\u0026quot; is good.  Ovid would likely be a fan of modern horror movies, much more than I am."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/5843780782677864405\/comments\/default\/5900860680716488149"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/5843780782677864405\/comments\/default\/5900860680716488149"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/ovids-metamorhpses-canto-6-sexual.html?showComment=1707962404597#c5900860680716488149","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/ovids-metamorhpses-canto-6-sexual.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5843780782677864405","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/5843780782677864405","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 14, 2024 at 8:00 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3175519325953704752"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-10T05:57:19.451-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-10T05:57:19.451-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"My father recommended *_The Space Merchants_* to m..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"My father recommended *_The Space Merchants_* to me. He read it as a serial in *_Galaxy,_* under the title *_Gravy Planet._* He was acutely annoyed that when it was published as a novel, the outlawed Conservationist underground were called \u0026quot;Consies\u0026quot; rather than \u0026quot;Connies\u0026quot;. The former he thought was clunky, while the latter was elegant, and made it more obvious that it was a play on \u0026quot;Commies\u0026quot; (at the time an acutely persecuted underground movement - one to which, until quite recently, both Pohl and my father had belonged).\u003Cbr \/\u003EI couldn\u0026#39;t find the issue of *_Galaxy_* in which the second half of *_Gravy Planet_* appeared, and was forced to engage in the exotic and novel process of ordering a copy of *_The Space Merchants_* from a far-off warehouse."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/6114398420724666905\/comments\/default\/3175519325953704752"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/6114398420724666905\/comments\/default\/3175519325953704752"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/this-is-her-nest-space-merchants-and.html?showComment=1707566239451#c3175519325953704752","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Arcadia Jane Berger"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12442922875156115473"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"30","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjVGDd8kDil9gu5rAg3r7SLxSDt7uikKleTno-77cpLkjE-pEcHEDEgE69xoa-yR767Y3c123t_TS8uTBeNaI5CQ1sct9dXiIMrbXs8DeLxwBarGs2IseZ72ditDyxiHbw\/s122\/Arcadia+Berger+Face.png"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/this-is-her-nest-space-merchants-and.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-6114398420724666905","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/6114398420724666905","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-347350457"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 10, 2024 at 5:57 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8387408162760398720"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-08T09:07:18.352-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-08T09:07:18.352-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I totally agree about the lightness of touch, but ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I totally agree about the lightness of touch, but the delight in the horror and gore is still evident, but somehow, I can peak through my hands. Ovid is now a real favourite, and we are in good company. If he\u0026#39;s good enough for Shakespeare, then he\u0026#39;s good enough for me. 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I just finished Rose Wilder Lane\u0026#39;s The Peaks of Shala (1923). She romanticizes the Albanian villagers by feeling kin with them, due to common racial origins. She writes “It was as though I had returned to a place that I knew long ago and found myself at home there.....I had forgotten that these people are living still in the childhood of the Aryan race, and that I am the daughter of a century that is, to them, in the far and unknown future.\u0026quot;  O-Ee-Yah! 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Everyone else is likely done with the book.  I hope to write up \u003Ci\u003EHeroides\u003C\/i\u003E sometime, too.  Please let me know what you think of the Ted Hughes book.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWest\u0026#39;s book is a funny case, brilliant in many ways, but does she ever say some strange things, and her romanticization - that\u0026#39;s how I take it - of the Serbs is a major source of the strangest ideas.  I would like to read something about her use of sources but I have not found anything yet."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/8190768657515030830\/comments\/default\/7298957154264114147"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/8190768657515030830\/comments\/default\/7298957154264114147"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/books-i-read-in-january-2024-as-long.html?showComment=1707186130595#c7298957154264114147","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/books-i-read-in-january-2024-as-long.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8190768657515030830","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/8190768657515030830","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 5, 2024 at 8:22 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-6214177100441794517"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-03T09:25:51.599-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-03T09:25:51.599-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I will try to write this up a bit.  I should find ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EI will try to write this up a bit.  I should find something in 1,150 pages to write about. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI hope you do; I\u0026#39;ll be interested in your thoughts.  It\u0026#39;s a wonderfully written book, but as I said \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/languagehat.com\/the-new-spanish\/#comment-4099241\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;It astonishes me that people are so little inclined to understand that atrocities are committed by all sides in any conflict, and the only side worth taking is against armed conflict. 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She adopts the Serbian attitude that they are the older brothers of all South Slavs and everyone else should defer to them and accept their leadership.)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/8190768657515030830\/comments\/default\/6214177100441794517"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/8190768657515030830\/comments\/default\/6214177100441794517"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/books-i-read-in-january-2024-as-long.html?showComment=1706973951599#c6214177100441794517","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"languagehat"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/languagehat.com\/"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/books-i-read-in-january-2024-as-long.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8190768657515030830","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/8190768657515030830","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1085022134"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 3, 2024 at 9:25 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1087624605425600174"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-02T16:58:02.996-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-02T16:58:02.996-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How Interesting you\u0026#39;ve just read Ovid!I\u0026#39;m ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"How Interesting you\u0026#39;ve just read Ovid!I\u0026#39;m fascinated by retellings and the place of women in his poetry and have ordered Ted Hughes\u0026#39;retellings ..After Ovid..and must reread my own..the Heroides..female lovers\u0026#39; laments..and Wake Siren!.I have a copy of the whole poem out from the library."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/8190768657515030830\/comments\/default\/1087624605425600174"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/8190768657515030830\/comments\/default\/1087624605425600174"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/books-i-read-in-january-2024-as-long.html?showComment=1706914682996#c1087624605425600174","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"mementominnie"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15529842905710470813"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/books-i-read-in-january-2024-as-long.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8190768657515030830","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/8190768657515030830","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1532162015"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 2, 2024 at 4:58 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1256552111083904824"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-01T18:25:03.716-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-01T18:25:03.716-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Once he found out I was a serious reader, he liked..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Once he found out I was a serious reader, he liked to tell me books to read, encouraged me in many ways, and ordered 2 books for me from the University Bookshop, which he knew I used. 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I got him to sign them later."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/1256552111083904824"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/1256552111083904824"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html?showComment=1706833503716#c1256552111083904824","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/3375397911048332192"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3425469986871420695","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/3425469986871420695","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1085022134"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 1, 2024 at 6:25 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7665214096187621886"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-01T18:01:44.063-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-01T18:01:44.063-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Yes, books should lead to more books."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Yes, books should lead to more books."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/1870114575936729999\/comments\/default\/7665214096187621886"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/1870114575936729999\/comments\/default\/7665214096187621886"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/ovids-metamorphoses-cantos-ii-and-iii.html?showComment=1706832104063#c7665214096187621886","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/1870114575936729999\/comments\/default\/3668053781578789845"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/ovids-metamorphoses-cantos-ii-and-iii.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1870114575936729999","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/1870114575936729999","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 1, 2024 at 6:01 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7187325032211322047"},"published":{"$t":"2024-02-01T18:01:21.310-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-02-01T18:01:21.310-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How pleasing to hear that you knew Knight like tha..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"How pleasing to hear that you knew Knight like that.  I am a bit envious."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/7187325032211322047"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/7187325032211322047"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html?showComment=1706832081310#c7187325032211322047","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/3375397911048332192"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3425469986871420695","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/3425469986871420695","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"February 1, 2024 at 6:01 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7823064025949597684"},"published":{"$t":"2024-01-31T21:29:24.396-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-01-31T21:29:24.396-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A little freer, that may well be it.  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No room to goof around."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/4651063028691117009\/comments\/default\/7823064025949597684"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/4651063028691117009\/comments\/default\/7823064025949597684"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/some-lesser-works-of-soseki-and.html?showComment=1706758164396#c7823064025949597684","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/some-lesser-works-of-soseki-and.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4651063028691117009","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/4651063028691117009","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"January 31, 2024 at 9:29 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-6788632400350944237"},"published":{"$t":"2024-01-31T05:18:17.902-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-01-31T05:18:17.902-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I did not know that the kitsune are so partial to ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I did not know that the kitsune are so partial to tempura and fired tofu - clearly, we share the taste for those delicacies! Interesting that you prefer these shorter works to Kokoro, sometimes authors can be a little freer and more experimental in their minor works."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/4651063028691117009\/comments\/default\/6788632400350944237"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/4651063028691117009\/comments\/default\/6788632400350944237"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/some-lesser-works-of-soseki-and.html?showComment=1706699897902#c6788632400350944237","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Marina Sofia"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15251903359649828285"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/some-lesser-works-of-soseki-and.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4651063028691117009","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/4651063028691117009","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-845492799"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"January 31, 2024 at 5:18 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-6523248596051819563"},"published":{"$t":"2024-01-30T18:10:11.841-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-01-30T18:10:11.841-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I love footnotes, notes in the back, bibliographie..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I love footnotes, notes in the back, bibliographies. They are all gist to the mill, and a source of more books, more fun and learning."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/1870114575936729999\/comments\/default\/6523248596051819563"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/1870114575936729999\/comments\/default\/6523248596051819563"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/ovids-metamorphoses-cantos-ii-and-iii.html?showComment=1706659811841#c6523248596051819563","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/1870114575936729999\/comments\/default\/3668053781578789845"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/ovids-metamorphoses-cantos-ii-and-iii.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1870114575936729999","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/1870114575936729999","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1085022134"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"January 30, 2024 at 6:10 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-2842959282605363326"},"published":{"$t":"2024-01-30T11:33:49.335-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-01-30T11:33:49.335-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Me too, I worked for Exter University abd he retir..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Me too, I worked for Exter University abd he retired to Exeter and lived on ths edge of the Campus. I got to know him, and heard him lecture. I havd most if his books. He was a great personality abd very kind to me. He\u0026#39;d send me a note and invite me to tea and book  chat."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/2842959282605363326"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/2842959282605363326"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html?showComment=1706636029335#c2842959282605363326","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/3375397911048332192"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Clare Shepherd"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3425469986871420695","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/3425469986871420695","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1085022134"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"January 30, 2024 at 11:33 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-9184679712005007957"},"published":{"$t":"2024-01-29T21:23:28.820-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-01-29T21:23:28.820-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I read Knight\u0026#39;s earlier essay on Pope, in The ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I read Knight\u0026#39;s earlier essay on Pope, in \u003Ci\u003EThe Burning Oracle\u003C\/i\u003E (1939), and thought it was outstanding.  But I am kind of a Knightian critic."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/9184679712005007957"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/9184679712005007957"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html?showComment=1706585008820#c9184679712005007957","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/3375397911048332192"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3425469986871420695","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/3425469986871420695","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"January 29, 2024 at 9:23 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3730029415311037984"},"published":{"$t":"2024-01-29T17:14:01.314-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-01-29T17:14:01.314-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Gosh, I really relate to the last sentence, but I ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Gosh, I really relate to the last sentence, but I keep a notebook which is organised monthly and record what is on my TBR.  I don\u0026#39;t pressurise myself so that there is time to put in books, for instance, I\u0026#39;m reading Pope\u0026#39;s Dunciad and a book about Pope by George Wilson Knight currently."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/3730029415311037984"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/3730029415311037984"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html?showComment=1706570041314#c3730029415311037984","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/3375397911048332192"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3425469986871420695","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/3425469986871420695","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1085022134"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"January 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5440660765935869674"},"published":{"$t":"2024-01-29T17:09:40.923-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-01-29T17:09:40.923-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Some interesting books are being mentioned now. Yo..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Some interesting books are being mentioned now. You are spot on about Pope. 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Too easily distracted... 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I have been a slower reader for the last few days.  Who knows why.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPope is a pleasure to read slowly."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/2507679794072260215"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/3425469986871420695\/comments\/default\/2507679794072260215"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html?showComment=1706545841745#c2507679794072260215","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/the-best-books-of-2024.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3425469986871420695","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/3425469986871420695","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"January 29, 2024 at 10:30 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5892774785210566632"},"published":{"$t":"2024-01-29T10:27:19.048-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-01-29T10:27:19.048-06:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"My pleasure.  I did not think any of these Japanes..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"My pleasure.  I did not think any of these Japanese stories were great masterpieces, but I enjoyed them all, and they all added something to my understanding of the author."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/4651063028691117009\/comments\/default\/5892774785210566632"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3383938214852108244\/4651063028691117009\/comments\/default\/5892774785210566632"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/some-lesser-works-of-soseki-and.html?showComment=1706545639048#c5892774785210566632","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amateur Reader (Tom)"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13675275555757408496"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZJmLv8mUPtO4viu5ZRbayb8Ola3gFsBwbOQlApcqnekoZIDIKBMlqDBiPO_uofMdVyzC6s99RiSF8uQcO-r-2NEsySUDrOCwMloAW26oH9AJyr7yxxrf7teiqNf-tgmo\/s113\/Guignol+popsicle+original.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/some-lesser-works-of-soseki-and.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4651063028691117009","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383938214852108244/posts/default/4651063028691117009","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2053540512"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"January 29, 2024 at 10:27 AM"}]}]}});