tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post4013398379207725779..comments2024-03-07T11:38:48.622-08:00Comments on We Be Reading: Poe Fridays: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of NantucketKristen M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-87445148667238181792010-01-11T22:54:42.105-08:002010-01-11T22:54:42.105-08:00Lena - I'm glad you enjoyed them! I planned t...Lena - I'm glad you enjoyed them! I planned this as a year long project and it has been a great one.<br /><br />Undine - I'm sorry that you didn't get to participate! I will definitely check out the story you suggested because I didn't read that one in the past year.<br /><br />Elizabeth - This really was one of the most readable stories though, wasn't it? Until the end the plot was rather straight-forward.<br /><br />And we haven't done The Masque of the Red Death. I can't wait for you to write about it!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-24468510163106330262010-01-09T08:16:31.936-08:002010-01-09T08:16:31.936-08:00I thought Pym lost steam in the middle - I was qui...I thought Pym lost steam in the middle - I was quite enjoying it for the first bit, but then thought it kinda fizzled out. <br /><br />Have we read The Masque of the Red Death? I don't remember - it's my favorite Poe story. We read it in high school, and it really caught my imagination. I think that's what I'll read for next week.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939074543470696025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-33855540338517414502010-01-09T04:54:28.720-08:002010-01-09T04:54:28.720-08:00Wouldn't you know, I only now discovered Poe F...Wouldn't you know, I only now discovered Poe Fridays! I would have loved to participate!<br /><br />"Pym" is an odd one, I'll admit, but to be fair to Poe, I don't believe he intended it as an "ordinary" novel. It is considered a pioneer in "symbolist" or "surrealist" literature, and I think the only way you can interpret the book is to think of it as "code" of some sort.<br /><br />On the other hand, Poe himself once described "Pym" as "a very silly book," so who knows?<br /><br />Have your "Fridays" covered "The Domain of Arnheim"? That's a personal favorite of mine--I blogged about it awhile back. (See below.)<br /><br />http://worldofpoe.blogspot.com/2009/10/domain-of-arnheim.htmlUndinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-66505919415280679392010-01-08T19:19:28.440-08:002010-01-08T19:19:28.440-08:00I've really enjoyed Poe Fridays. I didn't ...I've really enjoyed Poe Fridays. I didn't realize they were ending so soon ):Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com