tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1190149716577849688..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: three days of horror beneath the celestial lash - the esoteric cataclysms of Leopoldo LugonesAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45975807446407027272015-10-16T16:50:47.097-05:002015-10-16T16:50:47.097-05:00I should read that someday.I should read that someday.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-65856148348060567792015-10-16T16:47:30.443-05:002015-10-16T16:47:30.443-05:00I will begin with McPherson's Battle Cry of Fr...I will begin with McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10707981711839306412015-10-16T16:44:57.559-05:002015-10-16T16:44:57.559-05:00Just reading Patriotic Gore and then the authors W...Just reading <i>Patriotic Gore</i> and then the authors Wilson addresses, that would be a full load of reading for a long time.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29622201183791602532015-10-16T16:40:07.311-05:002015-10-16T16:40:07.311-05:00That should be "endless".That should be "endless".RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-12157115662604456892015-10-16T16:39:30.990-05:002015-10-16T16:39:30.990-05:00Needles . . . What a concept!Needles . . . What a concept!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-14381235689377502752015-10-16T16:32:18.307-05:002015-10-16T16:32:18.307-05:00You could read endlessly about the Civil War and n...You could read endlessly about the Civil War and never run out of good books.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69104225654967134002015-10-16T13:48:12.576-05:002015-10-16T13:48:12.576-05:00Please note that I have had to move and retitle my...Please note that I have had to move and retitle my blog:<br />http://beyondeastrodredux.blogspot.com/RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-59215491879888280192015-10-16T08:14:13.622-05:002015-10-16T08:14:13.622-05:00If it is any help, Lugones seemed second-rate comp...If it is any help, Lugones seemed second-rate compared to his <a href="http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/search/label/QUIROGA%20Hiracio" rel="nofollow">friend Quiroga</a>. Maybe that does not help.<br /><br />And third-rate compared to Borges. Maybe next year's Doom event will be devoted to Borges, as a healthful corrective.<br /><br />But I did think the apocalyptic stories escaped Lugones's debt to Poe and <i>les contes cruels</i> to become something more curious and original.<br /><br />Luckily, all of these books are short.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-65621668297958935582015-10-16T04:44:36.128-05:002015-10-16T04:44:36.128-05:00You make this guy sound so compelling I've had...You make this guy sound so compelling I've had to go and buy a book - this is *not* good for the TBR! :)<br /><br />kaggsysbookishramblingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com