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Jonathan Emmesedi

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...Edith Nesbit's "Psammead" series not only engaged me with narrative but also suggested to me, particularly in the second and third books, that "another world is possible".

I am sure that such a suggestion formed part of Nesbit's authorial intention, given that she was a committed socialist and founding member of the Fabian Society.

Fantasy in literature is sometimes criticized as "escapist". Whenever such a label is applied to disparage this or other genres, I respond by conceding that escapism might well be a motive for readers or audiences; I then ask what are they trying to escape from and where are they trying to escape to.

The politics of escapism are by no means straightforwardly quietistic or socially soporific.

#EdithNesbit #Fantasy #Books #Literature #BritishLiterature
#Escapism #ChildrensLiterature #EnglishLiterature

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Jonathan Emmesedi

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"Lord of the Rings" meant much to me in my early adolescence, but I have not reread it since then and have no current plans to do so.

Nevertheless, this piece's claim that LOTR should not be dismissed as simplistic reaction fascinated me.

This fascination stems in part from views I already espoused regarding the political potency of fantasy and magic in the arts and literature.

For example...

dissentmagazine.org/article/to

Dissent MagazineTolkien Against the Grain - Dissent MagazineThe Lord of the Rings is a book obsessed with ruins, bloodlines, and the divine right of aristocrats. Why are so many on the left able to love it?
#LordOfTheRings#Tolkien#Fantasy
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hugo.

Edward Parnell's “Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country” is an excellent, genre-blending book, that brings together nature and travel writing, literary and cultural history, exploration of the supernatural, plus the added element of memoir. It’s filled with the sense of love, wonder, and appreciation for England’s landscapes and the ghostly tales that quietly echo through its forests, hills and moors.

Read the full version of my latest blog post by visiting grammaticus.blog/2025/01/15/bo

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Mark Burton

3° attempt to read Tristram Shandy.
I got nearly half way before deciding that the ratio of effort to amusement and enlightenment was pretty low.
I get the idea: stream of consciousness, with digressions and asides, and some jokes, but it wasn't enough.

Before that. I read The Mayor of Casterbridge and then BBC rescreened the v.g. Dennis Potter Alan Bates serialisation. (See iPlayer).
The Henchard character is psychologically complex and well drawn, others are more 'types'.

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Charles Harper

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine…”

Spoken by Oberon, King of the Faeries of his Queen Titania in Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

I remember studying the Dream as a schoolboy. The lines have stayed with me. The picture is of a wild thyme. There’s an explanation of the monologue in the ALT

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips grow and violets nod their heads, canopied with luscious honeysuckle interspersed with sweet-smelling ramblers and wild roses. Titania sometimes sleeps there at night, lulled to sleep among the flowers after her dancing. It’s where snakes shed their bright skins, large enough for fairies to wrap themselves in. And I’m going to anoint her eyes with the juice of this and fill her mind with obscene fantasies. You take this and go searching through this grove.  A sweet Athenian lady is in love with a scornful youth. Anoint his eyes, but do it when the first thing he will see will be the lady. You’ll know the man by his Athenian clothes. Take trouble over it to make sure that he’ll be more infatuated with her than she with him. And be sure to meet me again before dawn…
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Tombe la pluie - Theespookje

There's something reassuring in finding your favourite writers diaries relatable, on life and writing, even centuries apart. I feel I have something to stick towards to when I write, and that my feelings are normal.
(I'm reading Virginia Woolf "Writer's Diary", but I have the complete ones on my tr pile)
#readingcommunity #bookstodon #books #reading #classics #classicliterature #literature #englishliterature #writingcommunity #writers #writerslife #writersofmastodon #diary #womenwriters #women

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Moody Warlock

Best I #introduce myself here on this server. I'll mostly be posting #ttrpg stuff, but who knows! Anyway, about me: he/him, former #englishliterature geek with lots of interests, including #ttrpgs #photography #drawing #makingmusic #painting #boardgames #writing I dig #science too. Known to enjoy #philosophy. I'm a #counselling student also. So, I have a humanities background, but I like learning all kinds of stuff. Not awesome at maths or tooting my own trumpet! #introduction #introductions

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