In 1642, after the overthrow of Charles I, a newly Puritan Parliament closed the London playhouses; they didn’t reopen until the accession of Charles II in 1660. Since most English plays from the 1630s and ’40s are out of print and seldom read even by scholars of the period, it’s hard to know exactly what Parliament was reacting against. Which is all to say that I just finished Shackerley Marmion’s The Antiquary, a comedy from 1641, in which a character refers to his own semen as “those liquid sweets to be extracted from me.” Classy.
Also, “Shackerley Marmion” is one of those early modern English names that make “Benedict Cumberbatch” sound almost normal.
As usual, I’m taking extremely learned notes in the margins of 17th-century plays.
(“I feel of late, a strong and witty Genius growing upon me, and I begin, I know not how, to be in love with this foolish sin of Poetry.”)
This summer, I want to brush up on my Japanese by reading some contemporary Japanese fiction in the original. (That is, contemporary-ish: last 30 years or so.) Can anyone on the internet recommend an author who isn’t Haruki Murakami? (I like him well enough, but I’m not an OMGMURAKAMIFAN!!1!, and I want to discover someone new.)
Needless to say, it’s fine if you’ve only read Japanese fiction in translation—I just want the names of some good authors.
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what if one day for 24 hours everyone with a tumblr turned into whatever their url is
please no
fuck yeah!
waaay ahead of you.
PLZ SEE MY FOX TATTOO & MY MASTER OF THE ARTS
CRITICISM ACCEPTED (I FORGOT ABOUT THE FOX TATTOO)
what if one day for 24 hours everyone with a tumblr turned into whatever their url is
please no
fuck yeah!
waaay ahead of you.
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