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Reader Feedback on "Yesterday's Paper"
I hope Mikita Brottman had a better copy editor than was evidenced in the excerpt in The Week magazine ... wherein she states that Catherine mourned Heathcliff's death in Wuthering Heights. In fact, it was the other way around. Catherine died, leaving Heathcliff to mourn.
--ts
05/11 |
Boo hoo hoo, books ruined my life. If Brottman didn't have books to blame for her life, she'd be blaming her parents. For heavens sake don't let her turn on the TV or she may jump out the window thinking she's "Spider Chick" Get a clue Brottman you read fiction. It's now real! I can't believe she actually teaches. Read some non-fiction and grow-up.
--BK
05/10 |
I find this interview and the content of "A Solitary Vice" highly disturbing. Her ideas aren't revolutionary but rather help to rationalize the distinctly American phenomenon of anti-intellectualism. It is no coincidence that poorly substantiated books like this are being published and actually taken somewhat seriously, in a time in which some public school systems are beginning to teach creationism, etc. go ahead and make yourself feel better for "reading" txt messages and blogs rather than literature with the authors ridiculous claims. what evidence is there that those who read are less able to communicate clearly with their peers?
--LC
04/09 |
I agreed with the broad thesis of this author but this set of statements struck as ill thought out and probably just play wrong. She should run them by a linguist. "In my experience, and in the experience of many of my students, if you're from a family that doesn't read a lot, you can develop a very complex and textured inner language. Your spoken language is more simple and straightforward. When you read these very complex ideas, you can lose the ability to communicate with people around you." In my experience, people who read a lot actually are quite a bit better at communicating with other people than those who don't. I'm not sure what she's basing this idea on but in any case, the plural of anecdote is not evidence.
--ASM
04/03 |
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