This week I have continued reading a book I have been reading for much of this school year "Poe: A Critical Study". From the beginning when I first started reading this I can honestly say I had no idea at all what the author was talking about because of such large vocabulary and jumping subjects and comparing them to outside things that I have nothing to do with at all. Eventually once I got through maybe the first 10 or so pages I could finally start understanding more things most probably because the author just wanted a fancy introduction in the beginning to show people how smart he was in my opinion.All I really have to say is, I feel like much of the things he writes is something way to deeply thought out. For example: he would of compared Poe's definition of a hallway in the setting of one of his stories to something greater that even Poe wouldn't even of had a large enough brain to of thought up like the dark colors of Satan portrayed in the book of Genesis. I really think a lot of these details are just simply Edgar defining a setting, not a religious or political argument. I did however learn a matter of things from reading this book like all of his short poems that didn't even gain a spark of popularity. There are over a hundred of them that seem to go completely unmentioned and just tucked away in somebodies museum that other readers won't even be able to view because of the lack of publishing of these stories. Furthermore; I don't recommend reading this book unless you have a higher than average education unlike mine and keen interest in the study of Poe. I can imagine the book would get boring rather quickly if you could care less about him.
This is an excellent reading response. Good work. You keep a somewhat more formal tone than in previous posts without being stuffy, and you are in conversation with the author. It seems like you are finding more value in the historical aspects of the book than in the literary analysis, and that's fine. But we will be doing literary analysis later this fall, so it is worth it to pay attention to the kinds of arguments this author makes and how he makes them.
ReplyDeleteThe last thing needed in this response is your reading details for the week. If you post them (by editing this post or posting a new one) and send me an email to let me know, I will give you credit for them.