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If you could summon any author from the dead , which author would it be ??? plz comment .............
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Oh..what a hard question. Mark twain to drink a beer with, Poe to go on a camping trip with,and Emily bronte over for tea.
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Christine wrote: "I have always ALWAYS wanted to have a conversation with Shakespeare. It would be quite interesting to clear up the conflict of who actually wrote his works :)Lewis Carroll would surely be fascin..."
Lewis Carroll! He hadn't even crossed my mind, but yes what a loopy guy, so much imagination. I can only imagine what he'd have to say.
My ideal choice would be the lesser known Jean Toomer author of Cane. He is somewhat of a riddle wrapped in a mystery. His prose is beautiful and his backstory intriguing. Haven't heard of him? Check out Cane, you are in for a treat.
Christine wrote: "I have always ALWAYS wanted to have a conversation with Shakespeare. It would be quite interesting to clear up the conflict of who actually wrote his works :)But Christine, if Will Shakespeare the stratfordian DIDN'T write the plays and the poems, do you really think he would tell you?
I'd love to talk to Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twainwould be a hoot!
No brainer, William Shakespeare
Will Herondale... :(
Bjarne wrote: "Christine wrote: "I have always ALWAYS wanted to have a conversation with Shakespeare. It would be quite interesting to clear up the conflict of who actually wrote his works :)But Christine, if ..."
You know, I have thought about that and YES, I do think he would tell us!! Because (hmmm how to say this without going into a whole bunch of boring history...) Will Shakspere of Stratford, if he were not the true Bard, would be a bit humble and admit that he had help... or that that some other scholar wrote them... or that his signature was forged, or something like that. Historically Will Shakspere seems more interested in land and property taxes than literature. But he could have still written them, I actually think he did :)
Christine wrote: "Bjarne wrote: "Christine wrote: "I have always ALWAYS wanted to have a conversation with Shakespeare. It would be quite interesting to clear up the conflict of who actually wrote his works :)But..."
Just to contribute to the discussion; you probably know much more about it than do I; but as, say, regarding the claim that he helped write the King James Bible: wasn't Shakespeare thought of as a pretty shady character? He was a convicted poacher, and actors were- as in classical Rome- the lowest caste of society; can one really be confident that he'd be duly humble? Or would he not have said, as one does in French, Je suis trop pauvre pour arc?
It would be louisa may alcott. She was one of my favorite authors who changed the perception of reading through her classic novel - Little Women
I'm torn between William S. Burroughs and J.D. Salinger and I really can't decide.
Prashant wrote: "It would be louisa may alcott. She was one of my favorite authors who changed the perception of reading through her classic novel - Little Women"@Prashant: Finally. Earlier I posted, I could simply not believe that on a "Little Women" topic, I was the only one who voted for LMA. She changed the perception of reading, yes. Between the lines of flowery verbiage which were in fashion then, one gets almost photographic glimpses of her subjects- essentially identical to middle-class young adults in Greater Boston nowadays. Nothing's really different but the absence of iPods and such.
Glenn wrote: "Christine wrote: "Bjarne wrote: "Christine wrote: "I have always ALWAYS wanted to have a conversation with Shakespeare. It would be quite interesting to clear up the conflict of who actually wrote..."Glenn, yes exactly! He was a bit of a shady character, for various reasons. (property hoarder, tax evader, poacher, Catholic at a time when Catholicism was illegal, plus an actor. Oh yeah, he abandoned his wife and chidren also) So, his plays also involve a lot of shadiness, which is why this idea of conversing with him is so fascinating!
Well, I think it would be fascinating to talk with him per se. He had- to put it mildly!- a way with words. :)
Christine wrote: "Glenn wrote: "Christine wrote: "Bjarne wrote: "Christine wrote: "I have always ALWAYS wanted to have a conversation with Shakespeare. It would be quite interesting to clear up the conflict of who ..."Perhaps there is another thread on Goodreads to discuss the Shakespearian question, but I can't leave before stating my conviction that the stratfordian is the real author. Why? It is clear from many passages that Shakespeare was a man of the theater; with practical experience as such. This is not true for the other pseudo-Shakespeares, be it Bacon, Sidney, the Earl of Oxford etc. And yes, it would be fascinating to speak to him. The difficulty would be to find him, he seems to have moved about all the time, not being keen on to much a contact with the elizabethan authorities...
Probably Plato or Jules Verne.It would be interesting to see each one's take on the modern world.
Oh Plato for sure. Orwell was mentioned btw....
Tolkien or Hugo.
Octavia Butler. She died too young and so sadly.
Bjarne wrote: "Christine wrote: "Glenn wrote: "Christine wrote: "Bjarne wrote: "Christine wrote: "I have always ALWAYS wanted to have a conversation with Shakespeare. It would be quite interesting to clear up th..."Great idea, I am creating a discussion for "Who Wrote Shakespeare?"
Who Wrote Shakespeare?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Who actually wrote the works of Shakespeare is one of the oldest and most unresolvable literary debates of all. It will most likely never be settled. So have fun, people (but this will be all I have to say on the subject! Ha!).
Poe,could you imagine the topics after he saw todays world? Margret Mitchel. Jane Austin.
For my sake, David Foster Wallace. For his sake, Charles Dickens.
For me it would be Kate Douglas Wiggin who wrote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm so that I can ask her whe did rebecca and aladdin (real name adam) not marry in the end. And why after so many hints it just ended as a simple friendship.
I'm heartened that Faozia mentioned Victor Hugo. I was afraid his genius was about to be overlooked.
James Michener - Love those big long novels he wrote.
Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte And Shakespeare!!
Thomas Hardy definitely. Only so I could ask what he had against happy endings.
Jane Austen , Ayn Rand..hadns down for me..
Roald Dahl. He wasn't just a children's book author, his short stories are a mark of a true author.
Definitely J.R.R. Tolkien. I'm a huge fan of his work, I especially loved "the Silmarillion" and us Tolkien fans need more novels like it.
Sheldon...Sidney.i just want to tell him rocks
Hmm-unless Shakespeare was a liar! Ha, just kidding.
Carlie wrote: "Roald Dahl. He wasn't just a children's book author, his short stories are a mark of a true author."I agree! I think I would also pick Roald Dahl. I loved his books when I was a kid and he is one of my favorite authors.
Tolkien and Shakespeare
But the I also love Dickens... Oh I can't decide! Cant I just have them all!
Emily Dickinson, if she counts c:
Imagine taking Jules Verne to a Steampunk Fest, or a Con. Or Shakespeare to Broadway. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to a modern crime lab. Jane Austen to a speed dating event.I'd love to sit down with Ray Bradbury and a bottle or two of dandelion wine.
Tea with Douglas Adams and Lewis Carrol.
Listen to Samuel Clemens and C.S. Lewis discuss their Letters books.
A long, into-the-night conversation with Ken Kesey and Hunter S. Thompson.
My mind's a labyrinth, lol.
Hands down, Octavia E. Butler...but only if Harper Lee could also join us for dinner....
Carrie, have you read the Paris Review interview with Hemingway? It's almost as good as meeting him.But I'd have to agree with ThisIsMyName: Emily Dickinson.
I just can't picture her as a real person.
Shelley
http://dustbowlstory.wordpress.com
Jennifer Rardin. She was a new author not old and established like some of the others, but I loved her Jaz Parks series none the less. Although she did finish the series before she died, I feel like she would've gone on to write more books that I would've loved. Also I think she died way too young she should've had many more years.
JRR for sure..! Would like to read more stories of middle earth..! :)
There are many I would like to call back....but topping the list would be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The Bronte Sisters........
Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle.
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