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Shelly's BlogShelly's Blogmostly about movies and books, and lots of good discussion Articles
In His Image
2008-01-21 02:12:00 One of the important keys for unlocking and understanding Frankenstein is noticing the use the novel makes of the technique of doubling. It is used throughout the story to probe into the various... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Image
Truant Fathers
2008-01-19 01:44:00 In recent posts, I have pointed to a sort of prophetic vision that the novel Frankenstein seems to display in pointing to concerns that were bound to become important to the scientific community and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Fathers
Society, Isolation, and Achieving Greatness
2008-01-17 02:25:00 The novel Frankenstein raises very pointedly the question of achieving greatness and its relationship to one's place in society. In the story, we see Victor Frankenstein repeatedly withdrawing from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Society , Isolation
The Natural, the Supernatural, and Overreaching
2008-01-16 01:25:00 What are our obligations, as science progresses, and we learn to do new things with our natural bodies and our natural environment? Especially, we might ask, what do we do when we begin to accomplish... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Supernatural , Natural , The Super , The Natural
I?ve Created a Monster!
2008-01-14 00:36:00 Frankenstein is wonderfully complex novel. I prefer it in the 1818 edition before it was heavily edited by Shelley to appease the religious censors who were quite unhappy with the whole "gang"... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Monster , Mons
Answering a Challenge
2008-01-12 04:25:00 Pinhole has issued a challenge, and I am answering it here. I am glad that he raised the challenge, given to me and to any other blogger willing to participate. It reminds me of the various writing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Challenge , Halle
What do I Expect from this Blog?
2008-01-10 01:18:00 Terry Heath has tagged me with a very good meme idea. He?s asked the question, ?What do you expect from your blog?? This is, as he rightly points out, somewhat different from the question more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Blog , Expect
The Man Who Walked Through Time
2008-01-08 08:50:00 I think we?ve pretty much reached a decision on which book to cover in our upcoming book club discussion. While it wasn?t quite a unanimous decision, it was pretty close. We?ll use Colin Fletcher?s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Time
I?ve Been Roared At
2008-01-07 08:03:00 Pinhole roared at me. That?s not all bad, of course. It just means I?ve received the ROAR award, and that it?s come from one of my favorite bloggers. What I have to do now is give three... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
My Newest Godson
2008-01-06 21:03:00 It?s been a good holiday season. The arrival of a healthy boy on Jan. 3 made it all the better. It?s nice that I was able to be in town when he was born. He and Mommy are both home from the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Resolution
2008-01-01 14:01:00 The word ?resolution? has been appearing here and there quite a bit recently. I noticed blogs like Literary Jewels, Interview Chatter, and The Orange Deafie all talking about resolutions made for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Resolution
Book Discussion Blogs
2007-12-31 17:55:00 Merry recently hosted an excellent discussion at her blog on Patricia Wood?s book Lottery. I hadn?t read the book till Merry pointed us that way, and I am very glad she did. It was a good read, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Blogs , Book , Discussion
What Santa Brought
2007-12-28 06:28:00 It?s been a fun Christmas, being the first time in 7 years I?ve been home for the holidays. Of course, nothing can top the ticket home that I received (unless it is the various gifts that the kids... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Santa
And he?s written a book too....
2007-12-23 12:21:00 Malcolm Campbell has probably been the best supporter of my new blog here. He visits often, and always give some thought to what he reads, and leaves a comment with his thoughts. Often, he makes a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Book , Written
Love and Power (or is it the Love of Power?)
2007-12-19 11:22:00 Before Lust, Caution, the newest film by Li An (Ang Lee), came out, I was very excited about it. After seeing it, I wasn?t disappointed. The movie, besides being beautiful in a way typical of Li?s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Power , Love
Time Travel
2007-12-04 06:08:00 I?ve come across a blog that hosts the 4-Books Battle. Here?s how it works: a blogger reads 4 books, then writes a post reviewing each one. Each book, when reviewed, will receive a ranking (out... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Travel , Time , Time Travel
Slings and Arrows
2007-11-30 09:56:00 It was just a couple of months ago that I first heard about the Canadian TV series Slings and Arrows, and I have already watched all 6 episodes from each of the 3 seasons that the series was on air. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
James Bond, Superman, and Umberto Eco
2007-11-26 00:03:00 In further defense of the usefulness of taking popular culture seriously, I want to point to the work of Umberto Eco . He is a much admired scholar, and his brilliance in semiotics is represented... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: James Bond , Bond , Superman , James
Is Popular Culture Worth the Time?
2007-11-22 01:57:00 When I did my Master?s dissertation, I ran into a problem that embarrassed me a little. My topic was Reader Response criticism and the sociology of literature. As a case study, I examined the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Culture , Time , Popular , Worth , Popular Culture
When Art is Overtaken by Pop Culture
2007-11-19 08:41:00 The film Shakespeare Wallah, which has been on my mind a fair bit recently, touches on one of those pet topics I like to revisit from time to time. (I?ll probably repost some older entries on this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Culture , Pop Culture , Vert
Mute Testimonial
2007-11-15 05:26:00 In the film Shakespeare Wallah, the relationship between Manjula and her servant highlights a thought that is, to me, very moving. While the character of Manjula was rather irritating (though I do... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Testimonial , Mute
With the Bible in One Hand, and Shakespeare in the Other
2007-11-11 04:02:00 One of the issues that is treated critically, though not harshly, in Shakespeare Wallah is the complex relationship between colonizer and colonized. I think that the whole notion is treated... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Bible , Hand , The Bible
Star-crossed Lovers
2007-11-09 00:12:00 I recently found a DVD at the local library near my parents? home, and it?s one I?ve been hoping to find for some time. I?d been watching out for the 1965 production, Shakespeare Wallah, because of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Star , Lovers
The Family Man
2007-11-06 22:08:00 A few weeks ago, I posted an entry that introduced one of my favorite bloggers. I plan to do that from time to time, and today that time has come again. It seems that the timing is just right,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Family , The Family
Poetry and Translation
2007-11-02 14:07:00 I?ve been browsing through the Poet?s Market blog, and found some nice thoughts about poetry and translation. Since I?ve been thinking about translation issues in my recent posts, I thought it might... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Poetry , Translation , Tran
The Wonder of Words
2007-10-31 17:09:00 Words are a wonderful thing. The way we use words to name a person or idea , to connect with others about the things going on around or in us, or just to be silly and have fun ? it?s all an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Words
The Guardians of the Gate
2007-10-29 16:06:00 When I first began my Poetically Challenged Translations blog, it was with a specific project in mind. Many years ago, I started translating a children?s story from Chinese to English, just as an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Gate , The G
A Lack of Competence in the Target Language
2007-10-26 04:55:00 At Life in Translation, an excellent blog for translators, there?s a very nice post entitled ?Who do you translate for?? The post is an interview with the well known translator between Chinese and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Language , Target , Lack
I Met William Shakespeare Yesterday
2007-10-24 22:00:00 I met William Shakespeare yesterday. He was walking toward the men?s room, but I managed to stop him before he reached the door. I told him that I am a big fan, and we chatted for a while. He... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Yesterday , William Shakespeare
How Much is Too Much?
More articles from this author:2007-10-23 03:56:00 I suppose between my last post and this one, I am going to sound much older than I am. Or perhaps I just forget that I am not as young as I?d like to think. One way or another, I can?t help but... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 1, 2, 3 |
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