http://www.mjiles.com/obookispage/?p=1980 "the greatest obloquy i' th' world" William Shakespeare Thu, 23 May 2013 18:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.mjiles.com/obookispage/?p=1980&cpage=1#comment-3053 obooki Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:38:09 +0000 http://www.mjiles.com/obookispage/?p=1980#comment-3053 Are you sure? I think the traditional conservative novel was ushered in by the invention in 1849 of the safety pin; and modernism began in 1901 with the invention of the vacuum cleaner (it sucked up all the dirt which had been collecting for years). The nouveau roman came into being in 1938, as a direct response to the challenge to writing posed by Lazslo Biro's invention of the ballpoint pen. Are you sure? I think the traditional conservative novel was ushered in by the invention in 1849 of the safety pin; and modernism began in 1901 with the invention of the vacuum cleaner (it sucked up all the dirt which had been collecting for years). The nouveau roman came into being in 1938, as a direct response to the challenge to writing posed by Lazslo Biro’s invention of the ballpoint pen.

]]> http://www.mjiles.com/obookispage/?p=1980&cpage=1#comment-3050 argumentative old git Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:29:14 +0000 http://www.mjiles.com/obookispage/?p=1980#comment-3050 It's all quite simple. When Darwin came out with the theory of evolution, everyone said: "OK, let's now write realistic novels." Then along came quantum mechanics, and novelists ditched the realistic novel, and became modernist. Except, of course, for those who didn't. It’s all quite simple. When Darwin came out with the theory of evolution, everyone said: “OK, let’s now write realistic novels.” Then along came quantum mechanics, and novelists ditched the realistic novel, and became modernist. Except, of course, for those who didn’t.

]]>