Commonplace books

Brian Splenetic Surgeon Posts: 905 Likes: 1	Commonplace books Aug 29, 2005 11:51:50 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Brian on Aug 29, 2005 11:51:50 GMT -5 I found this interesting. www.assumption.edu/users/lknoles/commonplacebook.html
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Commonplace books Aug 29, 2005 12:05:51 GMT -5

Post by Dante on Aug 29, 2005 12:05:51 GMT -5

You know, I only find out a bit more than a week ago that commonplace books weren't an invention of Snicket's (or at least, the name or formalilty of it wasn't). I got the feeling that everyone knew this, but that it was so obvious that nobody thought to mention it. I don't know if that's true or not, but it would be quite typical of my life if it was.

Edit: Completely forgot the main point, and just wrote down the tangent. Yes, that's a very interesting summary/explanation of the purpose/origins/history of the commonplace book.

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Commonplace books Aug 29, 2005 14:26:15 GMT -5

Post by Brian on Aug 29, 2005 14:26:15 GMT -5

I do feel that it seems to give the commonplace books in Handler's works more purpose, like they have been upgraded from lowly notebooks to collections of important passages. It just seems like they have a more specific and more useful job. Oh well, call me crazy.

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Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping.
And the vision that was planted in my brain,
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Commonplace books Aug 29, 2005 21:27:58 GMT -5

Post by idiotj on Aug 29, 2005 21:27:58 GMT -5

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J: Well, enough of our little discussion. Let's get back to the topic: I just looked in my electronic dictionary for the term "commonplace book" and it was coined in 1578. I never thought it was a real think outside the Snicketverse, Dante, so you're not alone. There's a wikipedia entry on Commonplace books, too. This definitely adds more depth, and it enforces my belief that the Snicketverse of Literature is even better than the Potterverse of Magic.

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brenton Formidable Foreman Posts: 187	Commonplace books Aug 31, 2005 0:40:49 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brenton on Aug 31, 2005 0:40:49 GMT -5 Thankyou for that..i also found it rather amusing.

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Commonplace books Aug 31, 2005 2:36:24 GMT -5

Post by Sixteen on Aug 31, 2005 2:36:24 GMT -5

I only discovered a non-Snicket commonplace book a couple of months ago. I was in the library and saw "The Complete Commonplace Book of Arthur Guinness". It semed at a glance to be a collection of his favourite jokes, anecdotes and diary entries. Nothing Asoue unfortunately.

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Commonplace books Aug 31, 2005 13:33:14 GMT -5

Post by SnicketFires on Aug 31, 2005 13:33:14 GMT -5

I realized they weren't exclusive to ASOUE when my English teacher alluded to commonplace books in one lesson, and hoped that we'd start our own.

I found the site interesting, Brian. It's odd how no one has made a thread like this before.

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Brian Splenetic Surgeon Posts: 905 Likes: 1	Commonplace books Sept 1, 2005 20:42:03 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Brian on Sept 1, 2005 20:42:03 GMT -5 It's funny - I had always known that Handler hadn't invented the term commonplace book; I just never really thought of it meaning anything significant outside of his works.
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Brian Splenetic Surgeon Posts: 905 Likes: 1	Commonplace books Sept 17, 2005 17:16:22 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Brian on Sept 17, 2005 17:16:22 GMT -5 That sounds interesting - could you please elaborate one that? For example - did most people in colonial times keep commonplace books? Just the men? Just the women? The upper class? et cetera. Also, for what purpose?
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Brian Splenetic Surgeon Posts: 905 Likes: 1	Commonplace books Sept 21, 2005 15:58:48 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Brian on Sept 21, 2005 15:58:48 GMT -5 A notebook is different than a commonplace book. See the article I linked to for more information on that.
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