Interesting how lately, this blog has become a gathering place for the various and sundry that I come across in my skimmings during the day. I don't know if that's good or bad.
I can give you one original thought, though - I think my research paper will be on the portrayal of sisters (blood-related, or marriage-related or almost-marriage-related) as opposites in Austen's novels. The four books we're reading in this Austen course all have this element: Catherine and Isabella/Catherine and Eleanor in Northanger Abbey, Elinor and Marianne in Sense and Sensibility, Jane and Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice (I could add in the other three sisters, but the Jane/Elizabeth relationship is the most prominent), Anne and Elizabeth/Anne and Mary in Persuasion. Austen had a close relationship with her sister, Cassandra, so I might add that in too, just for kicks and giggles.
Right. On to the various and sundry:
Griffin and Sabine fans may recognize this.
Winesburg, Ohio is one of those books everyone should read.
So is Dandelion Wine.
And I like the new Iron and Wine CD.
I'm getting thirsty.
I loved today's Garfield comic.
Elizabeth Hardwick has died. She was Robert Lowell's wife and a writer in her own right.
Robert Lowell and Amy Lowell and James Russell Lowell are all related.
Speaking of poetry, if there was ever a case in which Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Travelled ought to be put to good use, this is it.
Since several of you have asked, truly and honestly, this is not me, although I like her writing immensely.
1 comment:
Studying Austen and you've read Stephen Fry's Ode Less Travelled?
I think I like you quite a bit already.
Adding you to my Google Reader.
The Other Cate
PS: Great subject idea on the research paper.
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