Comments on: what are we reading? http://petitmeditations.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/what-are-we-reading/ random daily life observations Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Literature at the Labs « Holocaust Labs http://petitmeditations.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/what-are-we-reading/#comment-6030 Literature at the Labs « Holocaust Labs Fri, 23 May 2008 02:56:46 +0000 http://petitmeditations.wordpress.com/?p=384#comment-6030 [...] at the Labs Inspired by Petit Muse’s own currently-reading post, I figured I’d share some titles from the bedside table, bookbag, and [...] [...] at the Labs Inspired by Petit Muse’s own currently-reading post, I figured I’d share some titles from the bedside table, bookbag, and [...]

]]> By: Doktor Holocaust http://petitmeditations.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/what-are-we-reading/#comment-6029 Doktor Holocaust Fri, 23 May 2008 02:12:50 +0000 http://petitmeditations.wordpress.com/?p=384#comment-6029 i think i shall do a similar post. I've heard good things about Candide, but somehow, after years of studying Literature-with-a-capital-L, i stopped reading it. probably because the professor who influenced me most was of the idea that the trashy genre pop-culture stuff that people who are not professional literary scholars actually read is more worthy of academic scrutiny than the stuff that only lit-people read, because it is more socially relevant. this from a man with a PhD in William Blake. I still love the irony of that after all these years. i think i shall do a similar post. I’ve heard good things about Candide, but somehow, after years of studying Literature-with-a-capital-L, i stopped reading it. probably because the professor who influenced me most was of the idea that the trashy genre pop-culture stuff that people who are not professional literary scholars actually read is more worthy of academic scrutiny than the stuff that only lit-people read, because it is more socially relevant.

this from a man with a PhD in William Blake. I still love the irony of that after all these years.

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