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The World In A Grain Of Sand...
Aug. 14th, 2016 11:39 am
" To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour."
William Blake
" To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour."
William Blake
I have done only about 10% of this, mostly trying to set the scene for the Augustan period/Satire/Swift and then 'Vive le Revolution' with Romanticism/Blake et al. A LOT of this had had to be sourced through the net, mostly via open network pages of the UK Unis; some via the Encyclopedia Britannica. Trying to log in all on the Reference page is a bit of a nightmare (if I don't cross reference this at once, I will lose who quoted what/where/why very quickly). Back to the grindstone :-/
20:25
o__O
I cannot tell a lie; I am ab-so-lute-ly bored rigid by this. I bunked off and visited my sister and niece this afternoon, but I have been staring at the same 300 words for the past 2 hours and haven't made much headway. You see, I don't really care about Dryden, Swift et al. I am starting to not give a **** about Blake and I rather like him. Whereas I can identify with Shakespeare and Dickens (yes folks, you read it right), the building blocks in between have absolutely NO interest to me whatsoever.
Care cup ::: Empty.
20:25
o__O
I cannot tell a lie; I am ab-so-lute-ly bored rigid by this. I bunked off and visited my sister and niece this afternoon, but I have been staring at the same 300 words for the past 2 hours and haven't made much headway. You see, I don't really care about Dryden, Swift et al. I am starting to not give a **** about Blake and I rather like him. Whereas I can identify with Shakespeare and Dickens (yes folks, you read it right), the building blocks in between have absolutely NO interest to me whatsoever.
Care cup ::: Empty.
I am on half term break and by that definition, I have to throw myself very unwillingly into the first of four assignments - the first being about the 18th century and the society, politics and religion of the day. It is not a time that I am very au fait with. Give me medieval and the Tudors and ALL of the Victorian period and I'm yer gal. Give me Jacobian to the end of Hanover and I glass over. Plus I have to compare Jonathan Swift's political satyr with William Blake's social commentary. I have to use a diving bell to delve deep for this one.
Kubla Khan't
Feb. 10th, 2014 09:15 amAnother day, another assignment. I have to pick a century and select two writers. I like the Romantic poets, as they were a bit experimental and very 'rock 'n' roll'. Specifically, I want to try Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan and a William Blake poem if possible. I have emailed my lecturer to seek guidance as I am a bit shaky on some of this. I think I need to get some reference books too, so I will be plundering the library someday soon
11:26
Have had an email from my lecturer, who has just pointed out how difficult it would be if I was to compare Kubla Khan to anything of Blake's. Blake is a social commentator and Kubla Khan is just Samuel Taylor Coleridge whizzed off his tits on opium LMAO - good point (I was thinking about the 'biblical hallucinations' of Coleridge, versus 'the angels in trees' religious visions of Blake, but I think she is probably right - it is an essay too far).
These are my choices:
1) Proceed with Blake and change the assignment title slightly, i.e. 'what were the important aspects of Romantic Literature' as opposed to '17/18/19 century (pick one)'
Blake's London and Shelley's England (or indeed Wordsworth Composed upon Westminster Bridge).
2) Keep Blake in mind and compare him with Jonathan Swift's satire A Modest Proposal (which will keep everything neatly in the 18th century, as prescribed by the assignment title).
or,
3) Keep Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan and compare it with Wordsworth's 'One Summers Evening' from The Prelude.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
And at that point, my head exploded...
OK - I am going for option 2) - I actually liked the Swift satirical observations about life. A bit like Blackadder without the trimmings. It also overlaps from satire to social commentary (back to Blake again).
14:23
It has just occurred to me that I may need to get to the library sooner rather than later. I am stuck without some lit history books and the ones I have here just won't cover it. I am going back to my old almer mater tomorrow - I have too much to do today and I am kicking myself that I didn't plunder the vaults earlier. This essay is gonna be late and will impact upon the other essays. I have a horrible feeling that they will pile the work up during the hols. This one will be emailed during the hols, two more are set for half term holiday - but I have a sneaking suspicion they will be dumping the Passage to India assignment on us too - which I don't like at all.
11:26
Have had an email from my lecturer, who has just pointed out how difficult it would be if I was to compare Kubla Khan to anything of Blake's. Blake is a social commentator and Kubla Khan is just Samuel Taylor Coleridge whizzed off his tits on opium LMAO - good point (I was thinking about the 'biblical hallucinations' of Coleridge, versus 'the angels in trees' religious visions of Blake, but I think she is probably right - it is an essay too far).
These are my choices:
1) Proceed with Blake and change the assignment title slightly, i.e. 'what were the important aspects of Romantic Literature' as opposed to '17/18/19 century (pick one)'
Blake's London and Shelley's England (or indeed Wordsworth Composed upon Westminster Bridge).
2) Keep Blake in mind and compare him with Jonathan Swift's satire A Modest Proposal (which will keep everything neatly in the 18th century, as prescribed by the assignment title).
or,
3) Keep Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan and compare it with Wordsworth's 'One Summers Evening' from The Prelude.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
And at that point, my head exploded...
OK - I am going for option 2) - I actually liked the Swift satirical observations about life. A bit like Blackadder without the trimmings. It also overlaps from satire to social commentary (back to Blake again).
14:23
It has just occurred to me that I may need to get to the library sooner rather than later. I am stuck without some lit history books and the ones I have here just won't cover it. I am going back to my old almer mater tomorrow - I have too much to do today and I am kicking myself that I didn't plunder the vaults earlier. This essay is gonna be late and will impact upon the other essays. I have a horrible feeling that they will pile the work up during the hols. This one will be emailed during the hols, two more are set for half term holiday - but I have a sneaking suspicion they will be dumping the Passage to India assignment on us too - which I don't like at all.
