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James Gifford deposited Political & Social History of Music (Study Guide PDF) in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago
An introduction to music appreciation and history that emphasizes the political, cultural, and social influences on music from antiquity to the 20th century. Contents include sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, and folk and art music from across the Western world, including modern popular song. No previous musical experience necessary. All…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited Political & Social History of Music (Study Guide PDF) in the group
MS Opera and Musical Performance on MLA Commons 2 years, 7 months ago
An introduction to music appreciation and history that emphasizes the political, cultural, and social influences on music from antiquity to the 20th century. Contents include sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, and folk and art music from across the Western world, including modern popular song. No previous musical experience necessary. All…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited Political & Social History of Music (Study Guide PDF) in the group
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 2 years, 7 months ago
An introduction to music appreciation and history that emphasizes the political, cultural, and social influences on music from antiquity to the 20th century. Contents include sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, and folk and art music from across the Western world, including modern popular song. No previous musical experience necessary. All…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited Political & Social History of Music (Study Guide PDF) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago
An introduction to music appreciation and history that emphasizes the political, cultural, and social influences on music from antiquity to the 20th century. Contents include sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, and folk and art music from across the Western world, including modern popular song. No previous musical experience necessary. All…[Read more]
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James Gifford posted a new activity comment on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
Hi Barb (correct?) – I appreciate your comment very much. To be candid, I felt I’d signaled where my sympathies lie when I noted that I’m also an adopted child and thought about how my own life could easily have been quite different. That was very much part of what concerned me while I was thinking through this piece (and also as a father th…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited in our time: The 1924 Text in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
This critical edition of Hemingway’s 1924 version of in our time is the second of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” of in our time, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited in our time: The 1924 Text in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
This critical edition of Hemingway’s 1924 version of in our time is the second of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” of in our time, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited in our time: The 1924 Text in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
This critical edition of Hemingway’s 1924 version of in our time is the second of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” of in our time, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited “In Our Time” and “They All Made Peace—What Is Peace?”: The 1923 Text in the group
Theory and Modernism on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
This critical edition of the 1923 state of Hemingway’s In Our Time is the first of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” in The Little Review, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited “In Our Time” and “They All Made Peace—What Is Peace?”: The 1923 Text in the group
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
This critical edition of the 1923 state of Hemingway’s In Our Time is the first of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” in The Little Review, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited “In Our Time” and “They All Made Peace—What Is Peace?”: The 1923 Text in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
This critical edition of the 1923 state of Hemingway’s In Our Time is the first of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” in The Little Review, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited “In Our Time” and “They All Made Peace—What Is Peace?”: The 1923 Text in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
This critical edition of the 1923 state of Hemingway’s In Our Time is the first of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” in The Little Review, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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This critical edition of Hemingway’s 1924 version of in our time is the second of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” of in our time, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited “In Our Time” and “They All Made Peace—What Is Peace?”: The 1923 Text on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
This critical edition of the 1923 state of Hemingway’s In Our Time is the first of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” in The Little Review, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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James Gifford wrote a new post, On Reading Monsters, on the site James Gifford on MLA Commons 3 years ago
Modernist Monsters
I’ve made a terrible mistake… As a scholar of modernist literature, the idea of reading monsters isn’t surprising. We accustom ourselves to knowing the great figures of our academic disci […]
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Hi Barb (correct?) – I appreciate your comment very much. To be candid, I felt I’d signaled where my sympathies lie when I noted that I’m also an adopted child and thought about how my own life could easily have been quite different. That was very much part of what concerned me while I was thinking through this piece (and also as a father thinking about my own children). I didn’t write about the children’s lives because, being adopted myself, I assumed that they would be forever behind a right to anonymity, and my speculation (or worse, intrusion) would be entirely unfair to them, especially their daughter who might not know about any of it, as well as their son who might not have known who the Eddings were. I agree with you about what’s most important, which is why I ended by stressing the importance of not centering the experiences of the abuser, but I also believe an adopted child’s right to anonymity is inviolate. I hope that your cousin has found healing and joy in her life since.
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I’m glad it was helpful, Greg. This can be a hard thing with any writer since their works outlive themselves, and we’re left with just the work.
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Thanks for your comments, Travis. For what it’s worth, I was adopted in the 70s, so my sympathies are very clear here. We readers invest a lot in our authors, but it may be helpful to remember that the books that hold meaning for you are not the author nor the author’s life. They can have meaning for you all on their own (and evidently his royalties go to Reed College for scholarships). I also don’t say it in the blog very much, but it’s hard not to see several parts of his books as taking himself to task, especially Garion’s refutation of Torak’s offer of a loving adopted “real” home in their conclusion. I was reading the books to my boys when I found out, and that scene was hard to think through when we reached it. It seemed like an intense repudiation of himself as a father and maybe a way of trying to recognize and grow from what he’d done, just like High Hunt confronts his own childhood abuse. Of course, guessing at what authors meant is always more about us than them (and perhaps the books we read are more about us than them too).
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I understand those feelings, John. In a strange way, I think his profound failures as a father eventually led to the kind of writing that was meaningful for the reasons you outline. The productive reintegration of criminals into the community is a very difficult thing, especially for anyone who has been a victim. But could we imagine a good community that has no such pathway? I don’t know…
I’m certainly not trying to advocate for anything like forgiveness (it’s not my business either) but rather affective, emotionally engaged reading. I think that’s clearly what your changed memory of these books includes now. Hopefully that enriches other books for you, even if it is disturbing right now.
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That’s very kind, Steve, and I’m glad that the article was helpful to you.
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Well, that’s a start! The article still has several errors, but editors at Wikipedia (or other readers) can have very deep set opinions. It’s the nature of the beast, I suppose… Maybe I’ll try updating it, but I’m sure someone will revert things or change them eventually.
I’d like to say academics never do such things, but I suppose it’s probably only fair to say they do it a bit less!
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James Gifford deposited Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory in the group
Theory and Modernism on MLA Commons 3 years, 1 month ago
“A frightful hobgoblin stalks through Europe. We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism.” This epigraph comes from the 1850 translation of The Communist Manifesto by Helen Macfarlane, and this special feature in The New Americanist assumes that a similarly frightful hobgoblin stalks through genre fiction, too. Fantasy as a genre is haunted…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 3 years, 1 month ago
“A frightful hobgoblin stalks through Europe. We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism.” This epigraph comes from the 1850 translation of The Communist Manifesto by Helen Macfarlane, and this special feature in The New Americanist assumes that a similarly frightful hobgoblin stalks through genre fiction, too. Fantasy as a genre is haunted…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month ago
“A frightful hobgoblin stalks through Europe. We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism.” This epigraph comes from the 1850 translation of The Communist Manifesto by Helen Macfarlane, and this special feature in The New Americanist assumes that a similarly frightful hobgoblin stalks through genre fiction, too. Fantasy as a genre is haunted…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 3 years, 1 month ago
“A frightful hobgoblin stalks through Europe. We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism.” This epigraph comes from the 1850 translation of The Communist Manifesto by Helen Macfarlane, and this special feature in The New Americanist assumes that a similarly frightful hobgoblin stalks through genre fiction, too. Fantasy as a genre is haunted…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month ago
“A frightful hobgoblin stalks through Europe. We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism.” This epigraph comes from the 1850 translation of The Communist Manifesto by Helen Macfarlane, and this special feature in The New Americanist assumes that a similarly frightful hobgoblin stalks through genre fiction, too. Fantasy as a genre is haunted…[Read more]
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