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unfortunately this is sort of hilarious

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time lord society and gormenghast from the mervyn peak books sort of exist along two ends of the same spectrum for me. incredibly heirachal archaic society following complex and emdedded rituals and practises venerated for their own sake and obsessed with tradition. where even though things do inevitably change the society itself does its best to remain stagnant.....the relationship between gallifreyans (? whats the term for people living outside the citadel i cant for the life of me remember) and time lords should be like the bright carvers and the inhabitants of gormenghast To Me

#theseconddoctor siarad drwy fy ei het #i reread titus groan every so often i really love it. wasnt so endeared by gormenghast and my library didnt have titus alone anyway #but. i dont think it was thecright time to read them both anyway. im thinking maybe this winter though. anyway #doctor who #gormenghast #general lit

in a sense, james joyce's literary canon is a precursor of sorts to the marvel cinematic universe, or MCU, wherin within distinct stories, individual characters engage with their own conflict whilst similtaniously making appearences in each others stories, and existing within the same extended universe.

#theseconddoctor siarad drwy fy ei het #james joyce #general lit #did i move joyce to his own tag once i started reading ulysses or did i not bother since i dont post about it much?

1 and/or 17 for the book asks? i love when you post about books :)

ah thank you!!

1.in terms of the whole book all the way through, probably either maurice or our lady of the flowers, i absolutely love them. i dont know if it counts but cumilitively the answers probably either moby dick or titus groan (mervyn peake); i tend to dip in and out of them and reread certain chapters or passages fairly often. theyre two sides of the same thing to me

17. childrens books..... as a child i spent a long time only reading non fiction and specifically just the horrible histories books which i loved. other than that a series of unfortunate events still stands up (i still, to this day, have moments of oh...THATS what [joke] was a reference too??) and anything by julia donaldson! ive been reading them to the children in my family (i cant find a more elegant way to translate that) and to be honest im not sure which of us is enjoying them more....

#theseconddoctor siarad drwy fy ei het #thank you!! :)#general lit

who was going to tell me that marwood takes au rebours with him at the end of withnail and i.

#theseconddoctor siarad drwy fy ei het #'havent you seen this film loads how come you didnt know this' 1. im stupid 2. im usually drunk by that point of the film #but thats insane!!! i mean what a book firstly. but the implications.....#withnail and i #general lit

the thing about forsters patriotism is that although i find his pastoralism and general nationalism very nostalgic, highly sanatised and parochial (and on occasion, gratingly twee) i think it works because theres a really strong liberal humanist sense of love for England and its people. like theres a consistant sense of affection for the landscape, for the spirit (as it were) and for what the people are and (crucially, i think) for what they could be, certainly in his prewar work at least

#this comes across really strongly in howards end obviously but i think maurice and room with a view alsk has elements of it #like its not that hes not criticsl of english society- mostly but not exclusively the biurgiouse- and again howards end is the pinacle of #that in my view- but i think simitaniously the critique and depth of understanding #like the way in which he portrays the intracies andcsympathies of the people and attitudes hes critisising speak to an affection for them #articulated through a desire and a belief that they can be better. which in many ways post war forster doesnt have in the same way #i think its less apparent in where angels fear to tread BUT i havent read that in a while and i havent got very far #through longest journey yet because i can only read it online #theseconddoctor siarad drwy fy ei het #e.m. forster #howards end #general lit

also. theres a lot of critisism of the romantic relationships in howards end as unbelievable and hollow which i do agree with but its strange to me. forster is generally (and this novel is no exception) good at a. understanding the interiority of his characters and writing them as consistant contradictions (the authorial voice here does the work of an actor, i think, in smoothing/reconciling seemingly oppositional character traits/thoughts/actions) and b. observing and writing from an external perspective the 'beats' or 'dance' (if you like) of interpersonal relationships. but quite often the two fail to marry together so it reads out of character and hollow with these people (the characters) suddenly behaving like dolls or specific symbols (ie. of different classes and attitudes to art/class in howards end, of different classes and relationship to sexuality/homosexuality in maurice) which is why i think it fails to convince

#theseconddoctor siarad drwy fy ei het #where angels fear to tread is like this also #i cant remember where irs from but i remember reading a critic who argued that the reason his romantic relationships in howards end read so #'off' is because he himself hadnt at that point been in a romantic relationship. and while you could maybe argue that his own repression/#lack of understandinv or conceptualisation of his own sexuality played a role i find that explanation both unsatisfactory and disingenious #and a diservce to his ability as a writer. and generally also quite amatonormative #howards end #e.m. forster #just read the scene with charles wilcox and margaret in swanage which is what prompted this.#like the relationship between them felt quite wooden and hollow but in the same scene at the same time i completely bought into both their #characters in that scene. which was interesting #general lit

just read robert glücks margery kempe. not sure if i fully enjoyed it so far: the preoccupations, details and style of writing all invariably seem to draw comparisons to jean genet's work, and it probably does a bit more of a disservice to glück's work than taking it as it is. i like the premise, the interweaving of kempe's actual writing with the novel, and the use of the author-construct, and theres some very striking prose/scenes. i certainly think its an interesting book, but i wouldnt say it had a hold on me in the way, say, our lady of the flowers has

#theseconddoctor siarad drwy fy ei het #general lit #would i reccomend it? not indiscriminatly but if you enjoy genets early work its an interesting conversation to fascilitate and explore #that said. if anyone who sees this has read any robert glück id be interested to hear your thoughts! on the off chance

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