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Aug. 4th, 2006 07:04 am( A quick note to my D&D players )
Other than that, I've been speeding a long on the final culling of my novel. And I have reached -- oh joy! -- the 17th Century in my readings for my comprehensive exams.
I have just started Ben Jonson's Volpone. I read A Defence of Poesy earlier this week, and found it surprisingly un-boring.
(It's strange reading a book discussing English literature written before Shakespeare -- it's like reding a science-fiction story that subtly hints that it takes place in a parallel universe. Sidney laments that England has produced no great playwrights.)
I also read Marlowe's Dr. Faustus this week. I love Marlowe, but seriously -- Faustus sells his soul, and uses the power to do nothing more exciting than play practical jokes and put on shows for 24 years? What a lack of imagination!
Other than that, I've been speeding a long on the final culling of my novel. And I have reached -- oh joy! -- the 17th Century in my readings for my comprehensive exams.
I have just started Ben Jonson's Volpone. I read A Defence of Poesy earlier this week, and found it surprisingly un-boring.
(It's strange reading a book discussing English literature written before Shakespeare -- it's like reding a science-fiction story that subtly hints that it takes place in a parallel universe. Sidney laments that England has produced no great playwrights.)
I also read Marlowe's Dr. Faustus this week. I love Marlowe, but seriously -- Faustus sells his soul, and uses the power to do nothing more exciting than play practical jokes and put on shows for 24 years? What a lack of imagination!