tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post3107202412199410965..comments2023-07-08T09:00:54.916-07:00Comments on A Common Reader: Parade's End online resources (Updated)Dwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-66017778875535434532010-04-11T14:37:55.394-07:002010-04-11T14:37:55.394-07:00I just read the Guardian and New York Times Articl...I just read the Guardian and New York Times Articles on FMF-both are very good and helped me understand Parade's End literary methods a bit more-partially the work is about confusion, memory, the nature of knowledge, the construction of history-I also read the article on Trains which is interesting-<br /><br />I do not have a clear idea of where I would put Parade's End in terms of literary greatness-if FMF were told it is not a book for everyone or the casual reader-he would say of course it is not-I am through books 1 and 2-I am so glad I am reading this book-<br /><br />I no longer think it is an Encyclopedic Narrative as it scope is to narrow and its narrative mode is to oblique-and there is little stepping back in the work<br /><br />FMF said you could not consider yourself and educated person until you had read Flaubert's A Sentimental Education 14 times (FMF was given to hyperbolic remarks as is Tietjens) -there are a lot of similarities between these two works-I would just say reading Parade's End just once is adding a good bit to my education-plus it really is a lot of funMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-65697238570764614242010-03-30T20:38:40.459-07:002010-03-30T20:38:40.459-07:00My pleasure in providing the link, and thanks for ...My pleasure in providing the link, and thanks for the additional recommendations and info.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-90907403468489405252010-03-30T16:15:04.300-07:002010-03-30T16:15:04.300-07:00Dwight: Thank you very much for linking to my blog...Dwight: Thank you very much for linking to my blog. It is very kind of you.<br /><br />As if there isn't already enough to read about The Great War, I recommend "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" by Siegfried Sassoon and "Good-bye to All That" by Robert Graves. Also, Faber has published "The War Poems" of Sassoon in a single volume. <br /><br />It is my understanding that Ford, Sassoon, and Graves all served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. As you probably know, Sassoon and Graves knew each other quite well during the war. I don't know whether either, or both, of them encountered Ford during the war.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-85422223971828411362010-03-28T18:10:36.564-07:002010-03-28T18:10:36.564-07:00Thanks. I could not find much beyond superficial c...Thanks. I could not find much beyond superficial comments about the books. Glad to know we'll be changing that!Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-89943115400634356532010-03-28T13:36:30.819-07:002010-03-28T13:36:30.819-07:00great resources page-I just linked it on my tab ab...great resources page-I just linked it on my tab about the read along-I also did a post on chapter one of Parade's End and have now added it to that-my edition of Penguin classics has an introduction my Max Saunders-Saunders has published (1996) a huge 2 volume biography of FMF-it is quite expensive to buy on amazon but it looks like it would be near definitive -I will probably do one more post on chapter one-but wont go beyond that until the read along begins-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.com