tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post309839102812472308..comments2023-10-31T03:54:17.210-05:00Comments on Thus Blogged Anderson: Back to the drawing board!Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-21579523939821226022011-04-19T17:47:08.450-05:002011-04-19T17:47:08.450-05:00Hey, I'm reliving the lost cause stuff with my...Hey, I'm reliving the lost cause stuff with my revisit to certain parts of Faulkner. I just deleted a long comment running on about that.<br /><br />I'll keep it short to this: The racial stuff in stories like "Was" and the famously difficult part of "The Bear" is vastly more complex than I remember from reading it in college. I'm going to go back and look at what Joel Williamson says about all that-- although my memory is that he gets the biography stuff really right but writing about the books not so right.NMissChttp://nmisscommentor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-17382482630983089782011-04-19T13:23:38.919-05:002011-04-19T13:23:38.919-05:00Yeah, I've got Foner lurking on my shelf -- I ...Yeah, I've got Foner lurking on my shelf -- I had absorbed a good bit of "Lost Cause" stuff unconsciously and hope that he will help me in my recovery. Will seek F.T. at my library.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-8662294760194221142011-04-19T08:43:03.368-05:002011-04-19T08:43:03.368-05:00I'm reading The Fiery Trial now-- just started...I'm reading <i>The Fiery Trial</i> now-- just started it-- and it's quite good. Essentially a biography of Lincoln through the prism of one issue: Slavery. In some ways an ideal way to do history-- pick a controllable but very illuminating set of data. I'd got about half-way through Foner's reconstruction book, and found his style a bit of a burden there. Not so here.NMissChttp://nmisscommentor.comnoreply@blogger.com