tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post6668986697540380353..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: A few words about Jane Austen's Northanger AbbeyFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-66075534649432211312016-09-07T16:28:15.921-07:002016-09-07T16:28:15.921-07:00R.T.,
Thanks for the link. It's encouraging ...R.T.,<br /><br />Thanks for the link. It's encouraging to see that I'm not too many degrees off True North. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-61043072845956741422016-09-07T14:51:50.334-07:002016-09-07T14:51:50.334-07:00FYI, I did a quick search for "predator"...FYI, I did a quick search for "predator" in articles archived at The Jane Austen Society of North America. Here are the results, which you might find interesting.<br /><br />https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=predator&btnG=Google+Search&domains=www.jasna.org&sitesearch=www.jasna.org&gws_rd=ssl<br /><br />RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-49232765732976409772016-09-06T08:07:01.400-07:002016-09-06T08:07:01.400-07:00R.T.,
I'm looking forward to your posts on Au...R.T.,<br /><br />I'm looking forward to your posts on Austen's novels. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-74957472997737314652016-09-06T06:39:37.842-07:002016-09-06T06:39:37.842-07:00FYI
http://solitarypraxis.blogspot.com/2016/09/ja...FYI<br /><br />http://solitarypraxis.blogspot.com/2016/09/jane-austen-challenge.html<br /><br />Good reading awaits!<br />RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-13723100952240487362016-09-05T16:14:18.319-07:002016-09-05T16:14:18.319-07:00R.T.,
While having read one or two Gothic novels ...R.T.,<br /><br />While having read one or two Gothic novels would enhance one's appreciation of the satire, Austen, through her narrator, does provide sufficient information to catch what is going on.<br /><br />The Gothic elements in NA provide a background, but they certainly aren't as intrusive as they are in Don Q. The role the Gothic elements play is closer to the role played by romantic novels in Madame Bovary than to Don Q, or so it seems to me. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-67410660562573725532016-09-05T11:55:13.336-07:002016-09-05T11:55:13.336-07:00RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-40756247998394947152016-09-05T09:00:32.893-07:002016-09-05T09:00:32.893-07:00Fred, I remember NA from school, and I was struck ...Fred, I remember NA from school, and I was struck then by its insights into the author's reading experiences, so many of them spotlighted in the novel. It reminds me of the way authors and stories are highlighted in Don Quixote, which I have never been able to finish. I recall that a full appreciation of NA might require immersion in Gothic novels and stories, the core of so many of the ironies in the novel. Yes? No? Perhaps?RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-54712783595834599082016-09-05T08:12:43.598-07:002016-09-05T08:12:43.598-07:00Brian Joseph,
I'd be interested in hearing wh...Brian Joseph,<br /><br />I'd be interested in hearing what you think after you have read it.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-19511027541666420102016-09-05T06:32:26.041-07:002016-09-05T06:32:26.041-07:00I have not read this one yet. I hope to do so with...I have not read this one yet. I hope to do so within the next year or so. Your commentary makes me want to get to it soon.<br /><br />I also look to find parallel themes between novels written by the same author. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-42694041270876880162016-09-04T21:27:06.060-07:002016-09-04T21:27:06.060-07:00Mudpuddle,
I read Buddenbrooks many years ago whe...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />I read Buddenbrooks many years ago when I decided to read everything by Mann I could find. I remember very little about it, except that it's the story of a wealthy mercantile? family that is in decline, or so I faintly remember. <br /><br />A Predator and Prey view of Buddenbrooks? That sounds intriguing.<br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-8832744795551246772016-09-04T20:43:15.081-07:002016-09-04T20:43:15.081-07:00i'm just finishing with Buddenbrooks; the P/P...i'm just finishing with Buddenbrooks; the P/P method of analysis could be used here with good effect, i think... there are some characters who would fall outside of the conception, but most of the B's would drop into it... it's a strange "novel", although describing it as a series of excerpts from "Days of our Lives" might be more accurate. Mann has a fixation with hands and red eyes, which is distracting, but there is also a lot of quality description of ocean scenery as well as attempts at psychological analysis. it's marginally worth reading if you haven't read it... tx for the Northanger Abbey precis; i read it once a long time ago but don't remember it very well...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com