tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5210333436598545592..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Speeds the dædal boat as a dream - looking for clues in The Confidence-ManAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33322110653191439072016-04-25T09:12:48.618-05:002016-04-25T09:12:48.618-05:00I haven't read Pierre or Israel Potter. No pa...I haven't read <i>Pierre</i> or <i>Israel Potter</i>. No particular reason. The weirdness of <i>Pierre</i> sounds appealing.<br /><br /><i>Mardi</i> twice, that's impressive.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-52736848236790667542016-04-25T02:38:49.902-05:002016-04-25T02:38:49.902-05:002016 is My Year of Melville; I have entered the do...2016 is My Year of Melville; I have entered the downhill slope with Pierre, a book I have not read for more than 30 years. I scanned all of your Melville entries and was surprised to see that you covered virtually everything (including Clarel), but not Pierre, which rivals or bests Mardi for sheer weirdness I so hope you will add it to your TBR shelf. Surely there is NO American novel of the 19th century that could be stranger than Pierre, and I can think of no readers' blog more suited to a discussion of it than this one. I'll be moving on to Israel Potter in a few days. I've actually read all of Melville already at least once except for the the late poetry. I couldn't believe I got through Mardi a second time, and I'm feeling queasy about The Confidence Man, which I'll likely tackle in June or July. Love this blog...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014242874264804584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-26615449558048061242013-09-03T12:54:45.683-05:002013-09-03T12:54:45.683-05:00His fiction was an unsusal combination of Real Lif...His fiction was an unsusal combination of Real Life Experience and book larnin'.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63942023433493974342013-09-03T10:33:42.517-05:002013-09-03T10:33:42.517-05:00Other than Shakespeare, hard to think of a writer ...Other than Shakespeare, hard to think of a writer whose stores are more rich than Melville.<br /><br />God rest his soul.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlstory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-67809339510746738572013-09-01T22:32:51.837-05:002013-09-01T22:32:51.837-05:00Good question. Beyond the obvious - victims of Ch...Good question. Beyond the obvious - victims of Christianity - good question.<br /><br />Have you read Hawthorne's "Celestial Railroad"? I was tempted to go into that, but skipped it. Well worth the trouble.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-65550618396796184512013-09-01T11:52:58.331-05:002013-09-01T11:52:58.331-05:00I just re-read the first two chapters...anyway, tw...I just re-read the first two chapters...anyway, two things: first, Melville forgive me, but I either never noticed or forgot the dedication of the book--which may only appear in the Norton Critical edition, in which I did not actually read the novel. But it is: "for victims of auto da fe." What on earth to make of that?<br /><br />Also, I just realized, in all your posts, you don't mention the name of the boat!nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532641082944082516noreply@blogger.com