tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post1712450327759110166..comments2023-07-22T06:00:18.229-04:00Comments on Out of the Ordinary: In Defense of Old BooksSite Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092409812214063420noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-65591959324338039272013-09-02T22:46:05.181-04:002013-09-02T22:46:05.181-04:00I would agree with Staci. Any literary work is alw...I would agree with Staci. Any literary work is always a function of the time and presuppositions an author brings to a work. I can't see how a literary work can not reflect the bias of the author. I don't see how a text can live outside of an author in that way, as if the author is not responsible for the literary act. Kim Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636800185288441620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-90398036470147560122013-09-02T21:01:20.128-04:002013-09-02T21:01:20.128-04:00I don't know, Jessica. Reading old books is pr...I don't know, Jessica. Reading old books is probably a good start, but I don't think it's anything we can completely avoid. Books, like all forms of human expression, are products of their time. Staci Eastinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107996901556804274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-78599007993179682792013-09-02T17:49:43.470-04:002013-09-02T17:49:43.470-04:00Just re-posted this on my own blog, hiddeninjesus....Just re-posted this on my own blog, hiddeninjesus.wordpress.com. Thank you! As an author, I have a question. I'd like to avoid perpetuating the prejudices and errors of my own age. How can I write an old book?Jessica Renshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772797916085422429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-15022879400371561502013-09-02T10:04:22.218-04:002013-09-02T10:04:22.218-04:00Love this quotation!Love this quotation!Kim Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636800185288441620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-66290429131271808402013-09-02T09:30:35.524-04:002013-09-02T09:30:35.524-04:00Yesterday I revisited my old copy of C. S. Lewis&#...Yesterday I revisited my old copy of C. S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces. It has inspired me to do a blog series comparing the insights I gained from reading it in college and what I can glean from it now. Old writing can always inspire new thinking. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com