Comments on: Literature http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Catherine Driscoll http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-12215 Catherine Driscoll Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:30:50 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-12215 I saw Martha's Apprentice the other day, being repeated on a cable channel. It really wasn't worth a valuable 40 mins of my life. I saw Martha’s Apprentice the other day, being repeated on a cable channel. It really wasn’t worth a valuable 40 mins of my life.

]]> By: melgregg http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-11748 melgregg Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:09:56 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-11748 It would beat watching Martha Stewart's Apprentice! I'm not doing very well at living it large in NYC. It would beat watching Martha Stewart’s Apprentice! I’m not doing very well at living it large in NYC.

]]> By: Laura http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-11745 Laura Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:49:58 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-11745 Thanks for this post, Mel. There's so much I'd like to discuss with you about this topic - but now's probably not the time eh? Thanks for this post, Mel.

There’s so much I’d like to discuss with you about this topic - but now’s probably not the time eh?

]]> By: danny http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-11699 danny Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:35:10 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-11699 watch out for those antlers too! watch out for those antlers too!

]]> By: danny http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-11698 danny Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:30:11 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2005/09/21/literature/#comment-11698 Wow, that sounds like a treat :). <i>From a cultural studies perspective, I tend now to hesitate before using words like “unique” and “genius”, sometimes even “author”; but I’m a bit tired of pretending to deny that I believe some of these things exist. That’s I guess why I spend so much time in my book trying to describe a theory of textual voice - how an individual writer can grab you and mesmerise you with their style and approach.</i> That phenomenon why I feel depressed about how long it took me to find out that literary theory is probably where the most thorough expositions of *how* those things exist takes place. Instead I spent too much time with more "pragmatic" concerns - or upsetting applecarts in the way that CS is well-known for. Not that I'd change that much about my past, but it's still a loss. (anyway, it's not about pretending to deny that those things exist, it's about understanding in fullness what constitutes them, right?) Wow, that sounds like a treat :).

From a cultural studies perspective, I tend now to hesitate before using words like “unique” and “genius”, sometimes even “author”; but I’m a bit tired of pretending to deny that I believe some of these things exist. That’s I guess why I spend so much time in my book trying to describe a theory of textual voice - how an individual writer can grab you and mesmerise you with their style and approach.

That phenomenon why I feel depressed about how long it took me to find out that literary theory is probably where the most thorough expositions of *how* those things exist takes place. Instead I spent too much time with more “pragmatic” concerns - or upsetting applecarts in the way that CS is well-known for. Not that I’d change that much about my past, but it’s still a loss.

(anyway, it’s not about pretending to deny that those things exist, it’s about understanding in fullness what constitutes them, right?)

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