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Post by Hermes on Sept 16, 2013 17:11:57 GMT -5
There are quite a few more essays of that flavor, but as they are not publicly available posting them becomes trickier. If your institution has access to them, I would recommend "The Ethics and Practice of Lemony Snicket" and "'He's Behind You!' Reflections on Repetition and Predictability in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events." Thanks - yes, they seem to be accessible, so I'll look into them.
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Post by moseymoo on Sept 16, 2013 17:20:54 GMT -5
I had never seen it before either; it is actually very good. I haven't got far into the main body of it but the focus on panopticism is very interesting, and fits extremely well with the series. Thanks for the essays Christmas Chief -- I shall check with my director of studies tomorrow to see whether she can buy them on my behalf. www.the-looking-glass.net/index.php/tlg/article/view/387/381 I just found this article on The End -- it looks to be interesting as well
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Post by Christmas Chief on Sept 16, 2013 17:33:37 GMT -5
Oh my. You may actually want to consider posting that in The End sub-board in Sardonic Series.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Sept 17, 2013 9:16:58 GMT -5
Oh and here's also a college essay on ASoUE; it's a different topic to yours, but it may serve as a guideline of sorts, or a formal help. Good heavens, I don't think I've ever seen that. Is it any good? I gotta admit, I only skimmed it, but it seems to accomplish analyzing what it sets out to analyze pretty well. I'd rather not say here, but I wish you good luck! Oh, and the article you found on The End seems really interesting. I'll look into the ones mentioned by Sherry Ann as well.
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Post by Tryina Denouement on Sept 17, 2013 10:35:05 GMT -5
Err.. nice to meet you, fellow! I know I'm not really a Snicketologist; but I'm also quite interested in the historical background and historic accuracy. Well, I'm a piece of sh*t at Snicketology, (except for the classic lit.) but I'm happy to help.
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Post by Charles Vane on Sept 17, 2013 22:10:46 GMT -5
is intertextuality like a sex thing or
hi im pandora its so nice to meet you! i bet you've heard all about me since i am the foremost expert on snicket in the united states.
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Post by Hermes on Sept 18, 2013 15:57:55 GMT -5
I have checked out the two essays Sherry Ann referred to, and would be quite interested in dicussing them - but would it be OK to do so on the public board, given that they aren't available to all?
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Post by Rellim on Sept 18, 2013 16:42:39 GMT -5
This thread and those essays make me want to actually re-read the books I haven't read in over a decade. How is it that I've been back for almost a year and never been compelled to enter these sections? It's so easy to forget people come to this forum for a purpose other than just mucking about. I'm going to the library and then I'll be back to discuss.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Sept 18, 2013 17:51:27 GMT -5
I have checked out the two essays Sherry Ann referred to, and would be quite interested in dicussing them - but would it be OK to do so on the public board, given that they aren't available to all? I've conferred with Dante about it before, and he said he would permit posting the articles in BBooks - I'm personally hesitant about doing so due to copyright restrictions, but I think if you name the essay and provide some sort of summary (maybe just a copy of the abstract) that should be sufficient to merit public discussion. I suspect many people should be able to find them in a local institution's database, anyway.
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Post by moseymoo on Sept 19, 2013 6:04:30 GMT -5
Christmas Chief - I've posted the essay on The End suboard of The Sardonic Series
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Post by Charlie on Sept 22, 2013 10:42:38 GMT -5
Wow wow wow. Betsy is reading them again. Ah the scintillating conversation we can all have.
Also hi Mosey. Come to think of it, Pandora could quite possibly be one of the foremost Snicketologists in the US given there's only a handful of US members still interested in the series. All it would take is a little bit of re-reading.
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Post by bandit on Sept 22, 2013 13:48:12 GMT -5
I find that insulting.
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Post by Charlie on Sept 22, 2013 16:22:42 GMT -5
A handful can comprise many grains of sand.
Speaking of which, someone told me you can only use the word comprise in one instance or something (people keep telling me lies like this), does this rumour have any substance?
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Post by bandit on Sept 22, 2013 16:30:28 GMT -5
No.
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Post by Hermes on Sept 22, 2013 16:30:38 GMT -5
I'm not sure what that means, but traditionally the whole comprises the parts, while the parts compose the whole. Often now people speak of the parts as comprising the whole, which is confusing for us old people. But the way you used it is certainly right.
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