Essay splurge

[minervasolo]

More mindsplurge on the Imagined Worlds essay. The Latin and the Culture ones are fine, but I still can't grasp this one.



why is duality linked with utopia in these texts?
Imagined self / imagined world

- authority of text (historical context)
- escapism and freedom (gender, political context)

close reading:
More
- word play
- communism

Cavendish
- anthropomorphism
- feminism


And suddeny, it looks like it's going somewhere. I have grasped something. That was surprisingly quick. Time to go and bug the tutor about it, I think. I still need an a-tob type argument, preferably someone to argue against. I guess what I have now is a question and answer, but that's still better than a floaty topic.


While I'm here:


Does the gender of the author affect the way the culture business responds to texts? (and our response to texts)

James Tiptree/Alice Sheldon/Racoona Sheldon

Biographical/review context

Genre/historical context

Close reading:
(especially Racoona v James)
- gendered language
- feminist content
- use of pseudonyms

Conclusion: Yes.



Was Virgil gay? (that's the glib title)

Virgil's depiction of women - critic claiming gay

Ecologues and Gerogics for evidence against

Close reading: examples of difference in depictions
Poetic genre
cf Horace

conc: definitely different cf other contemporary poets, but bring in discussion of roman sexuality

conclusion2: Virgil not gay, gay didn't exist. Other possible explanations.