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[Chump Change]

Quick, how did Samuel Taylor Coleridge feel about the transportative power of human memory

did he like it

[littlefallsmets]

He liked it fine, but all in all, found walking more effective.

[lprkn]

I don't know, man, wish I could help. I only ever read the Rime, and even then uncritically as a kid.

I was homeschooled for awhile, you see?

[AugustWest]

Quick, how did Samuel Taylor Coleridge feel about the transportative power of human memory

did he like it

He hated it.  He hated it to hell.

[Drygioni]

fuck*ng Coleridge. Studying Lyrical Ballads was not my favourite educational time period. I think I hate Wordsworth because I secretly wish I could put my experiences hiking the wilds of the Lake District as well as he does, just not quite as, well, gay and egotistical.

Also, do your own wanking work, bloody students.

I'm doing a Bachelor of Arts in English

[Chump Change]

There are entire stanzas is Byron's Don Juan that he devotes just to sassing Wordsworth, Coleridge, and their friends. That was fun. I learned things.

[AugustWest]

There are entire stanzas is Byron's Don Juan that he devotes just to sassing Wordsworth, Coleridge, and their friends. That was fun. I learned things.

Yeah, that's all good fun until Wordsworth pops a cap in your ass.

[Chump Change]

Thou shalt believe in Milton, Dryden, Pope;
 Though Shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey;
Because the first is crazed beyond all hope,
 The second drunk, the third so quaint and mouthey;
With Crabbe it may be difficult to cope,
 And Campbell's Hippocrene is somewhat drouthy;
Thou shalt no steal from Samuel Rogers, nor-
Commit - flirtation with the muse of Moore.

[theinevitable]

I have not yet had to read anything longer than a short story for any college class. Next semester I am probably talking "Literature of the Cold War." We'll see how that goes.

My roommate and girlfriend are both lit people, I feel pretty outnumbered.

[Drygioni]

Thou shalt believe in Milton, Dryden, Pope;
 Though Shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey;
Because the first is crazed beyond all hope,
 The second drunk, the third so quaint and mouthey;
With Crabbe it may be difficult to cope,
 And Campbell's Hippocrene is somewhat drouthy;
Thou shalt no steal from Samuel Rogers, nor-
Commit - flirtation with the muse of Moore.

YEWSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs s

[TedStriker]

I have not yet had to read anything longer than a short story for any college class. Next semester I am probably talking "Literature of the Cold War." We'll see how that goes.

My roommate and girlfriend are both lit people, I feel pretty outnumbered.

You're going to love Graham Greene.  You heard it here first.

[AugustWest]

You're going to love Graham Greene.  You heard it here first.

Maybe you'll get to read LeCarre too.  He's great.

[theinevitable]

My dad has a big LeCarre collection and I read a couple of them when I was obsessed with the concept of Spies at some point. I remember thinking it was cool.

[Choop]

robert ludlum?

[TedStriker]

robert ludlum?

You can't have any discussion of Cold War culture w/o acknowledging the "pop" side, too.  Ludlum, Tom Clancy, and Ian Fleming would be the big names there.