wednesday books

[landofnowhere]

Dangerous Rebels, Andrea Wulf. After getting off to a good start, I've gotten bogged down in this a bit... We have poets and intellectual having careers and sometimes not getting along with each other, but I'm not sure what the stakes are; are they at risk of *not* inventing the self? I doubt it. You can tell it's nonfiction, half the people are named Friedrich. Also Andrea Wulf totally stans Caroline Schlegel and wants you to know how she's so awesome, but I feel like she's mostly doing this by telling, not showing (admittedly it's hard).

Coriolanus, William Shakespeare. Play read-aloud. This was my second time doing Coriolanus as a read-aloud, which meant I was able to follow it better this time around (despite having forgotten crucial details of act 5 and being convinced that Coriolanus actually was going to go burn down Rome), and to enjoy watching the reactions of the new people as they learned what they were in for. (Coriolanus is the slashiest of Shakespeare's plays, like, really, yes, it's actually that slashy, it's not even subtext.) Coriolanus, as a character, reminds me somewhat of Orion Lake from the Scholomance trilogy, except that Orion's mother gets to fulfil her ambitions on her own part rather than having to do it through her son.

Comments

[radiantfracture]

are they at risk of not inventing the self? I doubt it.

Lol

You can tell it's nonfiction, half the people are named Friedrich.

Also lol

I enjoyed this -- thanks!

[oracne]

Did you see the Coriolanus movie with Ralph Fiennes?

[landofnowhere]

I have not, but I want to see a Coriolanus movie sometime! (People have also been recommending the Tom Hiddleston version.)

[oracne]

I haven't seen the Hiddleston one yet but have heard it's excellent. The Fiennes is modern dress and I loved how some of the commentary by other characters was done like CNN reporting.

[landofnowhere]

Oh, man, First and Second Officer in the start of Act II (link to Good Tickle Brain summary) are totally CNN talking heads!

[oracne]

They even have their faces on tvs.

[lokifan]

I'm not sure what the stakes are; are they at risk of *not* inventing the self?

lolllllllll