tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post5648063010327026189..comments2024-02-26T14:26:11.037+05:30Comments on The Middle Stage: The scorn of the literary criticChandrahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-62679009874283351452007-06-19T22:11:00.000+05:302007-06-19T22:11:00.000+05:30Well, I agree with you for once. I enjoy the space...Well, I agree with you for once. I enjoy the space and leisure that literary blog gives to its reader. I sometimes revisit the review after I have read the book and then tend to agree and disagree with many its point, but take comfort in the fact that I can enjoy it again and again at my convenience unlike a newspaper which comes with a word count and an even worse edit job.<BR/>Smita<BR/>PS And,do come to our new home. It is minus leakages and a nagging landlord, but has lovely windows and a terrace which is always lockedwords are lost on mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12086305802593048930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-81520642975232561922007-06-18T19:56:00.000+05:302007-06-18T19:56:00.000+05:30Read the Kirsch piece elsewhere and also read your...Read the Kirsch piece elsewhere and also read your well-constructed comment which lead me to your outstanding book review blog.<BR/>So, while I may disagree with Mr. Kirsch, all in all, it was a pleasant read as now I have a chance to read your postings.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-85329166768344294072007-06-16T22:26:00.000+05:302007-06-16T22:26:00.000+05:30In a crowd when two shine out, either you remember...In a crowd when two shine out, either you remember the crowd or just the two. But both lead to the same conclusion - (1) So many of the out there, and so banal and sloppy or (2) Just two are good from so many . . . . <BR/><BR/>So how can we then expect Kirch or for that matter anyone else to turn a blind eye to the sea out there for two fishes?Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-29969094349775900662007-06-15T19:48:00.000+05:302007-06-15T19:48:00.000+05:30I just read Kirsch's piece half an hour ago, and a...I just read Kirsch's piece half an hour ago, and a friend sent me here before I got myself into too much of a lather over it. Good work.<BR/><BR/>"Just as there really isn't any competition in the world of literature - every essential poem, play or novel has its own specific luminosity - so too the newspaper review sections, literary journals, and litblogs can usefully complement each other."<BR/>Thanks for making this point, though it's a shame it needs to be said. I also liked your dig about university press books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-58649599733770287312007-06-15T13:25:00.000+05:302007-06-15T13:25:00.000+05:30I,a regular reader of your blog, fully endorse you...I,a regular reader of your blog, fully endorse your views on Kirsch's opinion of literary blogs.I have gained a good amount of knowledge from your blog,which is unthinkable from the print material I have access to, that for somebody to view literary blogs in bad taste is something not acceptable and wholly incomprehensible. There is room for improvement in all aspects of life, why single out blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com