Nathan "N.R."’s
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Nathan "N.R."’s
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Ce Ce wrote: "I have to confess I have begun to feel ambivalent about posting what is feeling like a personal journal in a public forum that is so silent and filled with echoes. "Totally understandable. It's a tough book around which to gather a larger number of readers. Like my Women & Men group I didn't really expect to have many simultaneous readers. But that there would be some port of call to which future readers might come. And I'm quite certain that you are contributing to their (future) experience of Miss MacIntosh.
I don't think it's of much comfort, but from what I understand, Young's book itself was released into a large echo chamber of critical and readerly response. I hope we might make a few steps towards correcting that. And in my book, the mere reading of her novel is already sufficient, whether or not this group is of any service to her readers.
By the way, seeing that graphic of the evangelists just made me Finnegan-smile. They play a significant role in portions of The Wake and are collectively known as Mamalujo. Even their human-lion-eagle-ox identity plays its role! And that link to the beckett page on Four is going forthwith into the Finnegan group.
Ce Ce wrote: "Out of curiosity I checked to see if there is a small town in Iowa with such an odd name as "What Cheer". There is. "*face palm* It's like less than an hour from where I did some of my growing up. Probably played basketball against them for I can remember.
Ce Ce wrote: "Is there anyone else reading Miss Mac? I am just beginning Chapter 9. I plan on continuing my reading, however I have to admit navigating the moonscape of Miss Mac and posting in something of an ec..."Oh I'm still very much on the bus. True, I've had my attention severely kidnapped by Finnegan recently. But I've still got that seat on the bus somewhere in the train of the driver's locks. True too that I've never been very contributive to the discussion here or elsewhere ; but very much enjoying your posts ;; kind of like, Okay but where did she get that and what does it have to do with Miss MacIntosh? Followed very quickly with, Ah yes! I see! Totally twisted and most excellent! --But yes, very much.
Ce Ce wrote: "I have always wanted to read Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake..."Oh yes of course most certainly. Let me know when you get to Ulysses and I'll make up some threads for your posts over at the Wake Grappa. ; )
Think I can coax you into Finnegans Wake after Miss MacIntosh?
Ce Ce wrote: "Nearly 110 years now, but in honor of Nathan wandering the pathways of "Finnegan's Wake""Much thanks. I may be rebeginning Finnegan exactly on Bloomsday, 2014 anno mundi.
Taken care of. Merci.
Ce Ce wrote: "Some of it holds together. Some of it doesn't. There is repetition. Sometimes it is almost an incantation. Other times, it simply nags. "That's the question I've gleaned from other reviews as well. At the moment, I haven't found it bothersome, offensive, or detractive. Rather, I'm thinking of the repetition as musical, theme and variation ; repetition and revisiting ;; leitmotivs recurring. Especially with that passage about the bus=driver's hair ; I don't think it could be anything but intentional -- something is stuck in a rut and the repetition of words/phrases seems to reproduce that experience of, ie, that the bus=driver isn't going anywhere until the Democrats are kicked out..... neither is the language which enwraps him.
[should this discussion be in another thread? -- if you move your comment over there (ch 6?) I'll send mine along after it]
I hope to return to Miss MacIntosh soon, but I'm stuck in a Finnegans Wake rut at the moment, much enjoying it.
Ce Ce wrote: "Are you saying she is experimental in the tradition of S, R and C? "Ah, here it is. I'm quoting from The Review of Contemporary Fiction: Summer 2000 :: Jean Rhys / John Hawkes / Paul Bowles / Marguerite Young. The quotation is taken from the 1989 interview with Fuchs and Friedman, probably linked in the Group here somewhere ::
"I see myself as traditional even though I know you see my work as experimental. I don't really consider Sterne, Joyce, and Proust experimental either because the tradition of their writing goes back a long way. Traditional. The Grand Tradition. Clear back to Don Quixote. I never decided to write in a 'new way' at all. It's realism that's fairly new. Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? ...I was not influenced by Joyce although he's a great writer, and I love his work. I was influenced by Saint Augustine. The books that did influence me were Tristram Shandy and Gogol's Dead Souls, Dickens and Poe." (page 129)
Ce Ce wrote: "And I am struggling to agree with her that she is a traditionalist."Her tradition goes back to Sterne, Rabelais, Cervantes, etc.
It strikes me that Miss MacIntosh, My Darling is the kind of thing known as a character=driven novel. In this Folder, please to create threads for each or any character you find especially fascinating.
Miss MacIntosh on the Radio ::http://artonair.org/series/marguerite...
Marguerite Young: Miss Macintosh, My Darling ; Hosted by Charles Ruas
"In 1976-77, Charles Ruas produced a series of WBAI radio programs focused on literature and radio performance, called "The Reading Experiment". As part of this series, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling was read over a year-long period by Marguerite Young’s contemporaries from the New York City literature, music, and theater communities. All readings are underscored with soundscapes and music by artist Rob Wynne."
Ce Ce wrote: "This link is mentioned in one of the above...but it is the reading of each chapter by an artist/actor in the 70's. Apparently there was a reading weekly on the radio for a year. And luckily for us ..."Oh yes thank you for highlighting that one. I hadn't looked closely enough to see that ..... they read the entirety of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. I'll just trot over to the editions thread and link it there too.
Ce Ce wrote: "Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (1948) Pennsylvania"I used to drive by that shoe on my way to school! Never did stop in to say Hello!
chapter 20 page 261
chapter 19 page 257
chapter 18 page 244
chapter 17 page 238
chapter 16 page 233
