tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4686660358772191572..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Herman Melville's Mardi was written by Herman MelvilleAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-6972287414406023242009-04-22T09:42:00.000-05:002009-04-22T09:42:00.000-05:00Well, all of these fine comments have inspired me ...Well, all of these fine comments have inspired me to keep writing about <I>Mardi</I>. Sorry! No, wait, it's your fault!<br /><br />I recommend checking out that crazy German Melville site that zhiv found. I clearly do not know how to decorate mine (warning: it's full of semi-nude mermaids).<br /><br />Rebecca, thanks - this is a tricky game, because you really have to know a writer's work well. I've only read "mature" Woolf, and don't know how the earlier work sounds.<br /><br />And there are plenty of writers who sound like themselves right away (Poe, Dickens). And, of course, another set whose voices aren't that distinctive in the first place.<br /><br />I'm going to come back to this tomorrow.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-87354311957906317432009-04-21T20:12:00.000-05:002009-04-21T20:12:00.000-05:00You've inspired me to write about Virginia Woolf a...You've inspired me to write about Virginia Woolf and when she became <I>VIRGINIA WOOLF</I>... of course, I'll link to this post.<br /><br />The Mark on the Wall vs To The Lighthouse... and her essay Modern Fiction.<br /><br />great blog. found it via A Commonplace Blog.Rebecca V. O'Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920443685663707856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-56859222276982316132009-04-21T20:01:00.000-05:002009-04-21T20:01:00.000-05:00Seek and ye shall find:
http://ismaels.wordpress.c...Seek and ye shall find:<br />http://ismaels.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/a-note-on-isle-of-the-cross/zhivnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-64375665318083412172009-04-21T19:59:00.000-05:002009-04-21T19:59:00.000-05:00So no Redburn or White-Jacket? I have to say that...So no Redburn or White-Jacket? I have to say that Wikipedia does a pretty nice job on Melville, relatively speaking--couldn't remember what the two "interim" books were. My completely uninformed impression is that you're past the worst of it, with Mardi.<br /><br />But aren't you, AR, the man to read Clarel? Wouldn't it go well with Clough?<br /><br />The thing that intrigues me is this lost manuscript, Isle of the Cross. Didn't know about that. Submitted to Harpers and rejected. Out there somewhere? Written when he was full on crazy. Does anyone know what it was even about?zhivnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-14318817164507500152009-04-21T18:22:00.000-05:002009-04-21T18:22:00.000-05:00This is great. I haven't read enough Melville to k...This is great. I haven't read enough Melville to know for sure what the "before" and "after" is here, but I have an idea. It's not enough to plagiarize, unfortunately.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75908167165478926702009-04-21T10:07:00.000-05:002009-04-21T10:07:00.000-05:00The Melville voice gets me all crazy wanting to re...The Melville voice gets me all crazy wanting to read all Melville, all the time once I start in on some, but I've never actually sat down with any of the "bad" stuff. Like Mardi. You've been mentioning what a mess it is and it just makes me wonder, will that actually stop my wanting to read all of it anyway.<br /><br />Guess there's only one way to find out...nicolehttp://www.bibliographing.comnoreply@blogger.com