tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post5414292282938190511..comments2024-02-23T03:28:33.435-05:00Comments on Culture Industry: 13 lbs. of canonical interventionMark Scrogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-4602096352911842522008-01-14T15:32:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:32:00.000-05:00Or, indeed, "gall." Sigh. There was a little joke...Or, indeed, "gall." Sigh. There was a little joke in there that was supposed to make the word "gaul" funny, but it didn't, so I removed it, but didn't fix the spelling. Such are the textual difficulties of comment threads. I'm a go play a video game now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-59151907707176622112008-01-14T15:07:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:07:00.000-05:00Very envious! I think you do a great job of analy...Very envious! I think you do a great job of analyzing where this edition stands in the ongoing discussion of Middleton's importance. Will this be the watershed moment that launches a massive re-evaluation of an unsung genius--or are we looking at an act of stunning overreach? The inclusion of Macbeth may, after all, be what it all comes down to. I mean, I wrote a Monty Python-style alternate ending to Romeo and Juliet in high school. Does that entitle me to include Shakespeare's first four acts in my "collected works?" Printing "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" among Middleton's works on the basis of the Hecate doggerel takes a lot of what some might call gaul.<BR/><BR/>But I still envy you, and I'm still tempted to scrape together the dough to order my own. I'm woefully deficient in Middleton, myself. The only play of his I've read was The Witch, which I guess would have worked well enough in performance, but was noting to get excited about in print. I wouldn't have hailed him as Shakespeare's equal on the basis of it.<BR/><BR/>Literary reputations are surprisingly plastic, however, and literature has been dusted off and canonized by a devoted critic before now. It's going to be an interesting few years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-59997986251793111852008-01-14T13:35:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:35:00.000-05:00Emily will be so jealous; I ordered her a copy for...Emily will be so jealous; I ordered her a copy for our anniversary (because nothing says "I love you" like a book that sends you straight to the chiropractor) at MLA, but it still hasn't arrived yet.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I think also accidentally ordered the critical companion you talked about-- there was some type of significant MLA sale, and I think I got confused about what I was ordering. So I think both are on their way to our house. I also suspect our UPS guy is going to punch me...Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066512307378025972noreply@blogger.com