There. I said it. Oh- I respect her word-smithing, her plotting, and etc. but I'd rather argue with my insurance company over medical charges than curl up with Pride and Prejudice. In grad school I tried to write a paper comparing Jane Austen's books to Victorian pornographic novels and got a resounding "shame on you!" from none other than Lore Segal.
I also wrote a paper on Harriet the Spy for a Children's Literature seminar with Richard Howard. It was all about feminism and the power of the gaze- how Harriet becomes all children navigating through challenging times- blah blah blah. I thought it was pretty good. He didn't. He asked me why I would choose to concentrate on a second rate children's book when I could have written about Rudyard Kipling! Which, if you've ever met Richard Howard, is hilarious.
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I guess what I'm getting at is that I don't love the things I'm supposed to and love the things I'm supposed to not. How punk rock.
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I love Austen, love Harriet the Spy, and am not fond of the colonialist Kipling.
I think that makes me punk, but not rock. Or rock, but not punk.
Probably rock. ;)
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