Comments on: Monday Morning Stepback

By: Nicola O.

Nicola O. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:10:29 +0000

Hey, thanks for the link, and i do hope you’ll throw in!

Looking forward to your thoughts about teaching THATH

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:50:27 +0000

@Angela/Lazaraspaste: Well, does the anti-heroine exist in romance? If yes, example please. @AnimeJune: I've got to agree with Janine on this one. Sexual abuse is a major plot and character point. @Janet W: That TmT thread (wonderful post, Laura) was from the days before I was in romland, so thank you. Will read through that wonderful thread ASAP. @Liz: What a great story! I was actually thinking of starting by handing out Yeats' Leda and the Swan, sort of as if to say (rather defensively, so I likely won't do this) "see, here's beauty and graphically depicted rape, together, In one poem". And you're right, philosophers don't like to talk about sex. It's because we don't like bodies. Or matter.

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:48 +0000

I had an American Lit prof, a tiny woman with a Southern accent. When we got to Henry Miller, she stood in front of the class, let out a string of 4-letter words (all in the novel), turned bright red, and said “I find this novel so hard to talk about, but now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I’ll be OK.” Of course we all laughed, but it broke the ice and we could go on to talk about the novel without (too much) giggling or discomfort. I’ve often told that story to my classes or said something similar to defuse the embarrassment of discussing such scenes. But then, you know, English teachers think everything is really about sex. It’s all we want to talk about. It must be harder being a philosopher. (Maybe you could just go in and start class by reading part of a sex scene aloud . . . .)

By: katiebabs

katiebabs — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:18:34 +0000

This line had me screaming in laughter:

“Jamie: I’m a virgin. Oooh, but I love sticking my manhood in ye. It’s like a sacrament and all.”

By: Janine

Janine — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:25:11 +0000

@AnimeJune: I can't think of a book where the sex scenes are more relevant -- no, integral -- to the story than To Have and to Hold.

By: Erotic Horizon

Erotic Horizon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:45:35 +0000

Thank you for the mention in your Stepback Post…

A lot of links here for me to sink my teeth into…

Have a great week..

E.H>

By: Janet W

Janet W — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:04:54 +0000

Speaking of rapes in romance literature … how’s that for an opening sentence, have you read: http://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/2007/04/elizabeth-thornton-fallen-angel.html

… all the usual articulate suspects are there commenting … I just finished the book: it’s hard to describe how one feels, during and after reading. If you get a chance, check it out.

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:28:21 +0000

Thanks for the mention in your post!

I love your blog design!

By: AnimeJune

AnimeJune — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:17:55 +0000

I made it into the Stepback this week? Awwww, thank you!

I can understand how it might be difficult to discuss a book with lots and lots of sex scenes. Are the ones in Gaffney relevant to the plot, though? That’s always been one of my pet peeves – sex scenes that don’t serve a purpose to the narrative and are just there.

By: Angela/Lazaraspaste

Angela/Lazaraspaste — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:06:18 +0000

LOL Fred?! Oh, it’s the little things in life that make is so delightful.

I am very interested in heroines right now because I am going to be talking about whether or not anti-heroines exist in Romance at PCA this year. So yeah for Bev. I’ve never understood the placeholder heroine myself. I just get confuzzled about it.