Sunday morning links

[selenak]

Because the recent novel brought Dickens to mind, here's my absolutely favourite essay about Dickens as a writer, by George Orwell. It's not just insightful about Dickens' novels, it reminds me how literary criticism, or, to use an internet term, meta can be - neither bashing rant nor uncritical rave, but with an appreciation for the qualities and

Comments

[scriva]

Thank you so much for the link to the video of Amanda Palmer. That makes me wish that she would an entire CD with Kurt Weill songs. She just has the right voice for them. :)

[selenak]

Doesn't she just? *wishes for the same thing*

[skywaterblue]

That's an awesome Yoko link, thank you! (I think this new album sounds really awesome, too.)

[selenak]

You're very welcome!

[violaswamp]

Thanks for the Orwell essay--I found it fascinating!

[selenak]

So do I, and you're very welcome.

[pseudo_tsuga]

I just spend a long while reading the Orwell essay and wishing that all my English classes were thta intelligent in their criticism.

[selenak]

*beams* So, retrospectively, do I.