tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6460882291015653524..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: English poets and their English cats - also, a hare, and a tortoiseAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-17123467902542097512021-12-02T16:28:46.945-06:002021-12-02T16:28:46.945-06:00Alice in Wonderland is jam-paced with wry episodes...Alice in Wonderland is jam-paced with wry episodes and comments about "The Nature of Reality": That's one reason Adults liked Alice. The other reason is its plethera of paradies of well-known PoemsAndrew Fitzherberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802410442433761010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-41412365182721666452009-03-10T21:32:00.000-05:002009-03-10T21:32:00.000-05:00Jeoffry the Prison Cat would be a good name for a ...<I>Jeoffry the Prison Cat</I> would be a good name for a children's book. Or a rockabilly band.<BR/><BR/>Was this "prison" also known as "graduate school"?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-48436001112712553332009-03-10T15:09:00.000-05:002009-03-10T15:09:00.000-05:00I have a cat named Jeoffry. Like Smart's Jeoffry, ...I have a cat named Jeoffry. Like Smart's Jeoffry, he kept me from going crazier while in prison.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10272156850164197142009-03-06T15:32:00.000-06:002009-03-06T15:32:00.000-06:00I think one needs to include Lewis Carroll in the ...I think one needs to include Lewis Carroll in the discussion of 19th century writers, off-beat inspirations, works that may or not have been intended for children that have become children's lit. and cats. It's no Jabberwocky or Mock Turtle, but I always found the Chesire Cat most disturbing.Sparkling Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899640164757220074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63897236522100065632009-03-06T10:08:00.000-06:002009-03-06T10:08:00.000-06:00As the sentiment builds in favor of cats (and thei...As the sentiment builds in favor of cats (and their place in literature and lives), we would be remiss if we didn't take time to acknowledge T. S. Eliot;s OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS. As the catalyst for the Broadway spectacle (which is an inferior species about which we need give no more notice here), Eliot's playful, poetic musings are wonderful diversions.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10627782947354062412009-03-06T09:02:00.000-06:002009-03-06T09:02:00.000-06:00I love the gravity and waggery description. So tru...I love the gravity and waggery description. So true! Cats can be so serious and elegant one second and then do something unbelievably stupid the next.<BR/><BR/>And very diplomatic answer on the do v cat issue ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-89637736027197920402009-03-05T22:09:00.000-06:002009-03-05T22:09:00.000-06:00Well, Blake certainly had no trouble pulling his i...Well, Blake certainly had no trouble pulling his ideas from the far off empyrean, so I wouldn't want to lean too hard on this. But that poem does remind me of an actual cat.<BR/><BR/>As for cats vs dogs, the official position of Wuthering Expectations is to judge each animal as an individual, and to judge them by their deeds.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-31841795174464072692009-03-05T13:55:00.000-06:002009-03-05T13:55:00.000-06:00This puts the "Cat vs. Dog" debate on a whole new ...This puts the "Cat vs. Dog" debate on a whole new plane... Most interesting. I too like the idea of "The Tyger" as based on a house cat. And as sad as it is to admit this, the word "hare" still amuses me today as much as it did when I was seven. And I'm still not sure why...Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-49326413771733049022009-03-05T09:29:00.000-06:002009-03-05T09:29:00.000-06:00Thank you for your speculation about William Blake...Thank you for your speculation about William Blake's cat as "inspiration" for THE TYGER. My long familiarity with (and my struggles with) Blake's work suggest to me that his "inspirations" were very much hidden in his singular mind (i.e., some would say his psychotic mind). Then, with genius as the essential catalyst, the creative artist's explosive originality manifested itself in all sorts of ways. Some of the results are nearly impenetrable in spite of their apparently transparent whimsy. (Much as Christopher Smart and his Jubilate Agno.) At any rate, I shall have to give more thought to the cat theory.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com