tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8970165572692065464..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: There is poison in its sweetness – José de Alencar’s Iracema, a Brazilian classic, I am toldAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70683433945668550582009-02-28T16:58:00.000-06:002009-02-28T16:58:00.000-06:00In honor of Anonymous and Brazilian identity, I am...In honor of Anonymous and Brazilian identity, I am herewith going to go listen to "The Waters of March" right now. Follow it up with some "Panis et Circenses," maybe. And read some Clarice Lispector (who by the way is completely awesomely awesome and you should immediately drop everything and read her work). <BR/><BR/>Anonymous person, the writer of the Wuthering Expectations blog is a spectacularly culturally respectful person. You're going after the wrong guy, here. Though he is a little bit of a library geek (not a bad thing at all, to my mind).the designated knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587192044297208064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63155233411522266062009-02-27T12:51:00.000-06:002009-02-27T12:51:00.000-06:00Anonymous from Brazil, would you like to help me o...Anonymous from Brazil, would you like to help me out? What does <I>Iracema</I> mean to you? How do people use it - do they quote from it, or refer to scenes? Does everyone read it in school, or is it just for <I>literateurs</I>? Is it read out of duty or love? For its history, or for its art?<BR/><BR/>I am genuinely interested in these questions. You may not have noticed, but I liked the book.<BR/><BR/>As for some technical points:<BR/><BR/>1. I did not claim that no one cares about Brazilian idenity. I doubted, and doubt, that there is "much interest in Romantic allegories about noble Indians and Brazilian identity," hardly the same thing. Maybe the taste for allegory in Brazil is much greater than it is here?<BR/><BR/>2. I should set up one of those little blog polls, asking if I should change my moniker to "Sir I-Am-a-Library-Geek." I like it.<BR/><BR/>3. Should I be "a little less ignorant when [I] make [my] judgements." No, sir, I deny it, I strongly deny it. I should be a lot less ignorant! Yet life is what it is.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-59509775196925841422009-02-27T12:26:00.000-06:002009-02-27T12:26:00.000-06:00I think you guys are misjudging the poor book. I a...I think you guys are misjudging the poor book. I am brazilian myself and Iracema represents a great deal for me. Who care about Brazilian identity?, you asked. Well, let me tell you something sir-i-am-a-library-geek: all the 200 million inhabitants of Brasil probably care about it. I think you should be a little less ignorant when you make your judgements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-14728832218884553402009-02-08T18:11:00.000-06:002009-02-08T18:11:00.000-06:00I thought you might be interested in this book bec...I thought you might be interested in this book because of the continuous use of the native plants and so on. Interested in its existence, not in actually reading it! If only it were better.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-58766564193235455622009-02-08T17:28:00.000-06:002009-02-08T17:28:00.000-06:00I love the poking around at the library books! Wh...I love the poking around at the library books! While I'll probably never read this one, I'm as interested in your appreciation of it as I am in what you have to say about works I know.Sparkling Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899640164757220074noreply@blogger.com