tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post5018663359929939571..comments2024-03-14T16:46:14.455-05:00Comments on Becky's Book Reviews: Literary Snobs or Common Sense???Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793618692608823102noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-87925727370635676342007-04-28T10:10:00.000-05:002007-04-28T10:10:00.000-05:00I came here from Fuse8, having read Roger Sutton's...I came here from Fuse8, having read Roger Sutton's posts as well. And the thing that still bewilders me is the false comparison--Shakespeare is no longer REQUIRED, but children's (women's, etc.) lit is OFFERED. So really, the problem is not that one can't study Shakespeare--that's not it at all. It's that one can study these other things. Which is a bizarrely anti-intellectual argument for these guardians of the intellect to be making, if you ask me.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406720496767981522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-91286988380288189082007-04-27T01:55:00.000-05:002007-04-27T01:55:00.000-05:00"He's great. He's important. He's significant." Co..."He's great. He's important. He's significant."<BR/> Could you explain why WS is these things?<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-560253299851275702007-04-26T13:30:00.000-05:002007-04-26T13:30:00.000-05:00I like your thoughts on this and like the Reader's...I like your thoughts on this and like the Reader's Bill of Rights. Had never seen that.<BR/><BR/>These kind of subjects rankle me sometimes because I believe in teaching the classics and also believe in teaching newer stuff as a way to breathe life into literature. The solution seems easy enough to me, but what do I know? I'm just a reader!<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed reading about your professor. In senior high English my teacher, known to be somewhat of a crab, taught us Macbeth. I fell hard for Shakespeare right then and there because she did such a good job of it. In both high school and college courses I was 'forced' to read many things that I might not have otherwise picked up and I truly believe they made me a better reader, thus a better person. I'm so thankful that my interest in Shakespeare was sparked that early.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-16311604471141578502007-04-25T15:27:00.000-05:002007-04-25T15:27:00.000-05:00Good post.Thought you might like to know about the...Good post.<BR/><BR/>Thought you might like to know about the <A HREF="http://otter.covblogs.com/archives/018038.html" REL="nofollow"> New Notions Five Reading Challenge</A>John Ottinger III (Grasping for the Wind)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08756730060406897339noreply@blogger.com