tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post3843458619362213748..comments2023-08-15T07:12:07.964-07:00Comments on Paulus Torchus: Introducing QuixotePaul Mathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951893912611871578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-18851770573874689102012-07-15T11:30:13.894-07:002012-07-15T11:30:13.894-07:00HA! I love it.
I tend to read by association. Ro...HA! I love it. <br /><br />I tend to read by association. Robertson Davies and Montaigne have lead to Rabelais, which I think I must soon start. But I am also wanting to spend more time with Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Dickens.Tuirginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081067215683168015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-9632681359238964472012-07-15T06:00:25.696-07:002012-07-15T06:00:25.696-07:00If reading lists are rudders for sailing in an oce...If reading lists are rudders for sailing in an ocean of literature, I like visualising the idea of Captain Mathers bobbing about at sea, doing a little tacking in his sailing !Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-51751711373916071612012-07-14T16:04:16.471-07:002012-07-14T16:04:16.471-07:00The one benefit of reading lists is subjecting you...The one benefit of reading lists is subjecting yourself to something you wouldn't have read otherwise. It also can provide a rudder in a huge ocean of literature. I don't do well following them, however.<br /><br />I have yet to read Margarita. It's on my list. Good to know about the composers. I think it was one of Pevear/Volokhonsky's earlier translations from Russian, wasn't it?Tuirginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081067215683168015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-30067100423499477642012-07-14T15:02:48.218-07:002012-07-14T15:02:48.218-07:00Follow your heart with reading but remember to cha...Follow your heart with reading but remember to change course from time to time has always been my rule in reading. No point reading what another says one ought to read.Never understood schedules. lists etc. Over 30-40 years if one loves reading all the great books will be covered. Just spread your net wide. Cervantes a good detour from too much classical world. 'Charming' a most apt expression for the Ur-Novel of European literature. Just the job for summer, enjoy Paul. <br /><br />Chris, Peavear claims in his intro that no-one's ever found a reason for why three minor characters are named after composers in Bulgakov's 'The Master and Maragarita'. Untrue ! Berlioz, Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov all wrote music in which the Devil is featured.Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-28152395222229099432012-07-14T14:41:31.779-07:002012-07-14T14:41:31.779-07:00Here are my rules on front-matter. If it's by ...Here are my rules on front-matter. If it's by the author, I read it. If it's by the translator, I read it. If it's by a literary critic, I come back to it after I'm done. Occasionally Richard Pevear's intros get too far into criticism, but the contextualization of the history and society is usually so well done, that I persist.<br /><br />I don't care much about the revealing details. Familiarity actually increases my anticipation in better works. And Quixote isn't reliant upon plot for its charm. You could have a complete outline of the plot and Quixote would be no less charming.<br /><br />I do seem to recall being somewhat bemused by Bloom's Shakespearean obsession with relation to Quixote. I don't think Bloom can burp without thinking of Shakespeare.Tuirginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081067215683168015noreply@blogger.com