tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3569319579873870146..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Poe on William Ellery Channing, Jr. - Yes - this is it - no doubtAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10990121060681099842008-04-14T10:01:00.000-05:002008-04-14T10:01:00.000-05:00In fairness, it can happen to critics, too. Eduard...In fairness, it can happen to critics, too. Eduard Hanslick is now most famous for being "wrong" about Wagner.<BR/><BR/>But yes, I agree. I wince at the Bulwer-Lytton contest for bad first lines. Bulwer-Lytton's own supposedly terrible writing ("It was a dark and stormy night")doesn't seem so bad to me, just typical of its time, and he can hardly be blamed for Snoopy's misuse of his work.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1000431660551701282008-04-11T19:15:00.000-05:002008-04-11T19:15:00.000-05:00Certainly an ambiguous sort of fame, to be known b...Certainly an ambiguous sort of fame, to be known because someone more famous blasted you! Which is worse -- to be forgotten or to be remembered for being made fun of?Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.com