tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post6232859759361277511..comments2023-07-08T09:00:54.916-07:00Comments on A Common Reader: Looking forward while looking backDwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-48150287662103846162010-12-13T08:56:54.199-08:002010-12-13T08:56:54.199-08:00Hi AR. It surprises me sometimes how it does add u...Hi AR. It surprises me sometimes how it does add up. I know I'm slow (as measured against what I would love to do), but I'll keep plugging away.<br /><br />I found a used copy of <i>Fin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture</i> by Carl Schorske the other day and it makes me want to get started on all the Austrian writers now, but I have put Thucydides off too many times...he's next after Trollope.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-21302174791226817682010-12-12T21:44:30.354-08:002010-12-12T21:44:30.354-08:00Boy, you line it all up like that, it adds up - wh...Boy, you line it all up like that, it adds up - what a lot of great reading.<br /><br />I'm thinking of doing a Portuguese thing next year, too. Or an Austrian thing!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-82975470601642322352010-12-11T16:17:59.832-08:002010-12-11T16:17:59.832-08:00Thanks Biblibio. And yes, I ran across some good w...Thanks Biblibio. And yes, I ran across some good works and authors this year. I'm looking forward to discovering more this upcoming year.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-40797811935588654712010-12-11T10:11:39.418-08:002010-12-11T10:11:39.418-08:00Fascinating list. I like that one of your goals is...Fascinating list. I like that one of your goals is to read books by certain authors - be introduce, in a sense. I've learned not to set myself goals because I'll just be disappointed in the end when I don't reach them... I'm quite enjoying rereading your thoughts on a lot of these books. Looks like you had some interesting reads this year!Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-78301665019723985282010-12-11T07:46:18.507-08:002010-12-11T07:46:18.507-08:00Mel, looking forward to your comments on the annot...Mel, looking forward to your comments on the annotated version. I could tell there was a lot being referenced that I getting. <br /><br />Hadji Murad is something specialDwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-19291838882668407812010-12-11T04:52:56.915-08:002010-12-11T04:52:56.915-08:00I do plan to read the annotated edition of FMF'...I do plan to read the annotated edition of FMF's Parade's End by Jan 31-I will attempt a post on what I think I have learned from the new edition done by Max Sauders-I want to penetrate further into Parade's End.<br /><br />2666-a very powerful work-hard to put down-I think it will become a canon status book in time<br /><br />The Anatomy of Melancholy-one of Samuel Johnson's favorite books-you might read his Rasselas before the Boswell-you can read it on line-I have read the life 3 or four times-some including Ford Madox Ford says Boswell turns Johnson into a clown and killed his future readership<br /><br />Hadji Murad-looking forward to reading it, will be the first time, in the new translation-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-36758252794722854472010-12-10T14:50:33.481-08:002010-12-10T14:50:33.481-08:00Thanks Toyin and LR.
LR, I have the softcover of ...Thanks Toyin and LR.<br /><br />LR, I have the softcover of the Landmark Thucydides that I will use...well, maybe. Paul Rahe's <a href="http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1636/article_detail.asp" rel="nofollow">review of the Landmark series</a> has a couple of paragrpahs on the Thucydides volume (see the section starting with "Strassler's Thucydides had only two defects.") <br /><br />I need to sort through my bookmarks that are strewn around as I think there is a better translation available online but I need to look into it.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-86546711483691775232010-12-10T14:08:34.943-08:002010-12-10T14:08:34.943-08:00What an excellent list! I'm planning to read ...What an excellent list! I'm planning to read Herodotus this year and am very pleased to see that you liked the Landmark so much. (Have you looked at the Landmark Thucydides? Is it equally good?)<br /><br />Your archive pages are an incredible resource. Thank you so much.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-44571947699211545622010-12-09T16:04:20.536-08:002010-12-09T16:04:20.536-08:00Thanks for sharing.Thanks for sharing.Toyin O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08429675861306256504noreply@blogger.com