Whale of a tale
After realizing that I am going to have a lot of time to myself in the next two months while Tom does the whole production thing and I had no classes, I figured I should just knock out a few more credits (because, well, the more credits I have, the sooner I can graduate and move out into the big bad world, or at least onto more school). So I’m taking a class on Moby Dick (and literary criticism) in the English department. I’ve never actually read it, though I am pretty sure I read excerpts in high school, so I’m looking forward to it.
We have an awful lot buzzing and brewing, but nothing much to report. Stay tuned.
Colin wrote:
I got Moby Dick for my birthday! Always wanted to read it. It better be a rip roaring read though now that I see the size of it {:o.
Posted on 01-May-08 at 12:45 pm | Permalink
Charity wrote:
You were well-homeschooled-it’s hard to believe you never had to read MD.
It was a fixture on every high school summertime reading list in NYS high schools for decades.
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not reading Conrad,though? It’s got a bit more ‘texture’ if you are doing literary criticism.
Posted on 14-May-08 at 7:52 pm | Permalink
Alissa wrote:
I had to read pieces of it, but never the whole thing . . . I can understand why, though. It’s a messy book.
We are reading Conrad in my other class, actually - The Secret Agent.
Posted on 14-May-08 at 9:49 pm | Permalink