tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post4344921377110876977..comments2024-02-09T17:38:25.502-07:00Comments on Classics and Beyond: Literary periods, movements, and all sorts of other funAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-22720069184190997822014-03-13T08:20:38.839-06:002014-03-13T08:20:38.839-06:00Hello Emily, just wanted to let you know I've ...Hello Emily, just wanted to let you know I've nominated you for the Sunflower Blogger Award: http://lady-ofthe-manor.blogspot.nl/2014/03/sunflower-blogger-award.html#comment-formBirdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240886179336298463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-35828291035564629662014-03-11T16:43:01.681-06:002014-03-11T16:43:01.681-06:00Haha, sounds good! Haha, sounds good! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-63642693425326632792014-03-10T17:43:28.839-06:002014-03-10T17:43:28.839-06:00I don't love Dickens either! Half the time, I...I don't love Dickens either! Half the time, I don't even like him much. We can be outcasts together :-)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-44814047025224186512014-03-10T13:17:12.699-06:002014-03-10T13:17:12.699-06:00Thank you for that reassurance; I really want to l...Thank you for that reassurance; I really want to love Dickens, but I just can't find it in me. Maybe someday. <br /><br />Thank you! I actually feel like I should specify that I was talking specifically about British literature; I don't see as clear a divide of sincerity in other literatures (for instance, I'm not sure that American literature got very sincere until the very end of the 19th century). I guess that's an entirely different subject...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-34443728687251056942014-03-10T13:13:58.935-06:002014-03-10T13:13:58.935-06:00Thank you for coming; I'm glad you like my blo...Thank you for coming; I'm glad you like my blog! Definitely true about classifications--there comes a point when they just don't work anymore. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about Eliot! And thank you for the reassurance about Dickens. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-85833610952616936592014-03-10T13:11:21.803-06:002014-03-10T13:11:21.803-06:00Very true! Thank you! Very true! Thank you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-5840974459991655642014-03-08T18:01:13.079-07:002014-03-08T18:01:13.079-07:00You don't have to love Dickens :) Personally, ...You don't have to love Dickens :) Personally, I think Dickens is a bit hit and miss. There's some novels which are genius (in my mind), and others that simply don't cut it. <br /><br />"I feel like Victorianism is the first time period where the literature felt so genuine and sincere" - I love that. Exactly how I feel :)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-35720884371318226302014-03-08T06:06:25.304-07:002014-03-08T06:06:25.304-07:00Hi, I recently discovered your blog, and I love it...Hi, I recently discovered your blog, and I love it so far. Lovely and insightful posts that you write :-D.<br /><br />Very interesting what you said about periods and movements. I think it usually happens that when you delve deeper into any subject you soon realise tags and classifications can only get you so far.<br /><br />And I can't even begin to tell you how much I agree with you regarding T.S. Eliot, so, no, you won't have me throwing stones.<br /><br />And of course it's alright not to love Dickens, it just means you have your own (informed) opinion, which is good.<br /><br />Bye :-).Marsarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521245679287631501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-60339532250601802014-03-08T03:09:52.769-07:002014-03-08T03:09:52.769-07:00I'm the same; I can usually find something to ...I'm the same; I can usually find something to like in just about every literary period. I think studying literature also helped with that. You get to try reading things you might never have thought of. <br /><br />I'm also a fan of the Victorians. I don't think it's necessary to love Dickens, though; the period is full of wonderful writers who sometimes get overshadowed by Dickens. :)Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394410016010195703noreply@blogger.com