tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7493451330585458202..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Wasted through unheeding the comprehension: removing the Nymphean tissue from Far from the Madding CrowdAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29073932958656757102015-05-13T13:25:51.143-05:002015-05-13T13:25:51.143-05:00Literary criticism is what you write!Literary criticism is what you write!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-72368835919952842102015-05-13T13:24:38.283-05:002015-05-13T13:24:38.283-05:00I don't like to read much literary criticism t...I don't like to read much literary criticism to be honest.Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33130808430614994972015-05-12T22:16:28.589-05:002015-05-12T22:16:28.589-05:00I forgive, too, but I do not forget. My first que...I forgive, too, but I do not forget. My first question as a lover of literature is <i>What is it?</i><br /><br /><i>Return of the Native</i> will be next, I think; soon, I hope. Tim Parks had an outstanding piece on the novel in the <i>LRB</i> <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n14/tim-parks/bitten-by-an-adder" rel="nofollow">last summer</a>. Subscriber only, I guess.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62908558101042863522015-05-12T20:24:18.469-05:002015-05-12T20:24:18.469-05:00I'm a big fan of Hardy. It's always tough ...I'm a big fan of Hardy. It's always tough to pick a favourite but if you stick me in the Iron Maiden, I'd probably say that The Return of the native comes tops. I think I tend to forgive my favourite authors for things--rather as we tend to forgive favourite people in our lives. Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com