tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8178848354316183252..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: He was cured of the love of reading in all its shapes - Peacock's cogibundity of cogitationAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53369268694889103462011-05-18T08:10:34.535-05:002011-05-18T08:10:34.535-05:00Oh, right--as soon as you said Pope's name, I ...Oh, right--as soon as you said Pope's name, I remembered the whole line, which had sunk into the mists. That makes much more sense.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71945223061352947292011-05-17T22:19:09.258-05:002011-05-17T22:19:09.258-05:00Fantastic, Scott! Your guess may be as good as mi...Fantastic, Scott! Your guess may be as good as mine, but your <i>actual knowledge</i> is much better!<br /><br />The quotation is from Carey's <i>Chrononhotonthologos</i> (1734), the "<a href="http://www.chrononhotonthologos.com/" rel="nofollow">most tragical tragedy that ever was tragediz'd by any company of tragedians</a>." <br /><br />The kids are still grokking <i>Steppenwolf</i>, huh? All right. Good for them.<br /><br />Now, The Dismemberment Plan, that was my emo band of choice, if they count - I'm never sure who counts.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71626018244879061442011-05-17T17:32:53.282-05:002011-05-17T17:32:53.282-05:00The "cogibundity of cogitation" line is ...The "cogibundity of cogitation" line is from Henry Carey. The moody freshmen I see here at the university are reading either <i>Steppenwolf</i> or Cormac McCarthy.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-58089289517846688462011-05-17T16:17:40.368-05:002011-05-17T16:17:40.368-05:00They don't read, they listen to Dashboard Conf...They don't read, they listen to Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, and Brand New.<br /><br />Oh wait, did I just out myself as a closet emo (albeit an old one?). Oh well, such is the life of a Hopeless Romantic.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961332983813359209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63794072486822754062011-05-17T15:11:50.999-05:002011-05-17T15:11:50.999-05:00I believe Waugh and Peacock share a source in Alex...I believe Waugh and Peacock share a source in Alexander Pope's <i>An Essay on Criticism</i>, Canto II ("A little learning is a dangerous thing" and so on).<br /><br />Peacock is quite likely larded stem to stern with buried quotations like this.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-82105169074160373452011-05-17T14:45:32.306-05:002011-05-17T14:45:32.306-05:00This sounds like it's right up my alley. Time ...This sounds like it's right up my alley. Time to go to the library!<br /><br />(I wonder whether Evelyn Waugh took the title of the opening volume of his autobiography, <i>A Little Learning</i> from that Peacock line?)Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.com