A common convention in certain types of literature – frequently the type that enjoys Capitalizing every third word or so for Effect or involves maidens and Virtue (or lack thereof) – is leaving random blanks for place names and people. For the longest time, I assumed this was to make novels easier to relate to…Read More
The main problem with writing about and thinking about books all the time on one hand, and access to writers’ blogs and interviews on the other, is that it’s very hard to take any sort of literary achievement seriously.
Reading as an experiment is delightful; reading for entertainment is mind-melting.
One of the most defining aspects of Tristram Shandy is that which also makes it more difficult to read – the use of scripts.
Le me begin by asking, What the hell?
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless combines literary techniques with personal relations, and as a result reads like the love child of a daytime soap opera and an eighteenth century etiquette guide.