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About the plot of the her novel, I have not read the book so I cannot comment on that, but it seems a bit unrealistic. Don't know, not much of a fan, I do not like her style of writing, nor, well, anything, about, let's say, the Normal people, from themes to complete lack of plot, but it is my opinion. Someone else would probably give better review than me. But I do doubt about billion copies, because book, if similar to normal people, is light pornography. It should have some label that it does contain pornographic elements, because I have expected a love plot or societal qritique, instead of sex scenes. Some may argue about my potential envy of success or my puritanism and narrow world views, however, it has pornographical content, and as such should be labeled as such, book with pornographical content, unless the translator missed/added something, which I doubt. Definitely is not new Lolita in lots of terms. The main problem is that they marketed Normal people as "the book of the year" and her as new literary wonder, and that is not the case, with all due respect to her work. Knowing British literary tradition, I have expected, well, if not Dickens, then Wilde, or Maugham (he described sex scenes magnificiently), and it was not the case, so it was completely insulting, I would even argue it was insulting for UK, stating that this is the British finest. I would not dare even mentioning Sheakspear, or Austen. Not to mention communist/capitalist allusions without regarding the issue of this dichotomy or even asking questions about it, or claiming some attitude towards it, interrupted by a scene that can be described as pornographic.

About the monarchy, well, some may claim it is outadated, but I do think it is wonderful tradition, and, the royal family has improved the image of Brittain in general, regardless of some criticism and harsh ones as well, eventhough it seems it is not the case or that their contribution is low in general. They certainly and at least have not left anyone indifferent, if that is the correct phrase.

What would Brittain look like if you were on the power? What would you change, except freedom of speech and lowering vages to fund your needs for splendour and lavish lifestyle? Will there be Brittain at all and in what time period?

No no nooooo Aaron! Are you saying that without knowledge of a long-haired carpenters' FICTIONAL resuscitation, I'd be out committing petty larceny and major embezzlement!? The temerity of believers never fails to amaze! Animals that wander the straights of barren deserts have just as densely matured a moral system as many of us!

@JoeSpivey02 I do not believe that moral injunctions against theft are uniquely Christian, so no. That is not what I mean when I say liberal humanism is ultimately a secularised Christianity. There is a reason why it is in the nominally Christian West that liberal democracy and humanism are at their strongest. The Christian inheritance is not the only reason for that but it is one of them.

@@JoeSpivey02 No I'm not making that argument. Moral injunctions against theft predate Christianity. I do, however, believe that the liberal humanism of the West is an inheritance of Christianity, whether we have the honesty to recognise that (and the New Atheists don't) or not. There is a reason why it is in Western countries that liberal democracy and human rights and are at their strongest, and the Christian legacy is one of those reasons. Nietzsche was absolutely correct when he pointed out that the West had slain the Christian God but held on to many of the fundamental tenets of a Christian morality. I do not think this is necessarily a good thing - wokeness is after all an example of one of the latest offshoots of the slave morality inherent in traditional Christianity.

@@richardadcock5450 have you been able to keep yourselves safe? Is the community coming together?

David Beckham makes for such great joke fodder! But my oh my he could compel a football wherever he wanted it to swerve!

@@JoeSpivey02Yes, luckily for him he certainly could take a very good free kick, or he may well have found himself making a living by asking customers in Dagenham if they wanted fries with their burger.

It certainly is! They keep asking me into their studio so as to feature in a topless advert but they're always disappointed when I reveal that I'm in proud possession of eight abs instead of the preferred six!

Things are WAY worse down here than anything that Milton could express!

9:48 but I do think it is somewhat inaccurate, because the artists were prosecuted throughout history and under tyrants and people were subdued to glorify propaganda that celebrates the dictator in power. But the intention of the passage is clear, and yes, religious disputes did provoke really bloody wars in history and are surely more prominent and easily remembered, they caused more shock

16:02 about this question, I do think it is about celibacy or some church policy that drew certain type, child molesters, to this calling. Punishment in hell is actually horrific as idea, so I do not think it is about basic premise, more about policies or attitude in the past towards all kinds of questions that had terrible outcome. It is not the first time it happens, so I do hope some solution will appear in the future.

21:46 westernasation of Russia, well, if it is a joke, then it is a hell of one😂.👏. I do think it can only happen in some aspects, due to many cultural and historical differences. I do try to waste as little time as possible thinking about Russia at all

But the nonsense of 'respect for their feelings' was Dennett's main reason for writing the book. If those really were 'harmless little beliefs' than neither myself or any other godless imbecile would have a SINGLE problem with religious expression. But if you start claiming a right for tax exemption, sheering off a young boy's foreskin, charging into a shopping centre with an assault rifle and impugning innocent atheists for not following the creed, then I think we are dealing with something altogether more ferocious than 'respectable beliefs'.

6:07 as human beings, we believe in some form of god from beginning of communities, but I do understand some aspects of it and why would such research be conducted, with rise of scientific thought and some godlessness of 21st century

Are you referring to the GoodReads comments...or my channel?😉

@@JoeSpivey02Haha! Most definitely not yourself, Joe. I am of course referring to other infantile and woefully ignorant people 😂

@@JoeSpivey02Haha! Most definitely not yourself, Joe. I am of course referring to other infantile and woefully ignorant people 😂

Haha! Most definitely not yourself, Joe. I am of course referring to other infantile and woefully ignorant people 😂

@@JoeSpivey02Haha! Most definitely not yourself, Joe. I am of course referring to other infantile and woefully ignorant people 😂

There are a few poetical read-alongs posted on my channel a few months ago. Look for the title 'Venting with Verse'

But I'm not sure the ideologues mean it in such a historically shrewd way! 🤣

4:58 first thing that comes to my mind when thinking about British literature are, in general, brilliant plots and plot twists, excellent misteries and definitely a certain ingenuity and innovation. Stating that the work where nothing happens is so British is just too untrue and inadequate, and more characteristic of Asian or Slavic literature in general. Almost as if it was written by person who never read anything

12:23 I do like the beginning. "Because he is dead." That means probably the living will not be criticized due to some strange reason...

13:12 It is the really easy to attack artist because they are inevitably flawed, just as all human beings are and to find shallow flaws, probably to preserve mind from bad influences. This is impossible, because no human is good or live without a certain mental flaw, and some writers with specific mindsets will be more appealing to certain audiences, so I do not understand such amount of rage. In extreme cases, such as, f.e. "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater", de Sade, "Lolita", "American Psycho", etc.there are disclaimers, in blurbs, titles, if not there, then in their biographies, and anyone can skip it or just read it and put it away if it is not their favorite. But to percieve Romeo and Juliette as work of patriarchal dominance is just beyond absurdity. It has nothing to do with politics in way that is described in comments, and totally misses the point of this classic.

25:46 about Humbert as a rapist, well, he is, let's say, pedophile/mentally ill, however, she is portrayed as manipulative with some dark thriad traits. So, she is not innocent and victim, quite the contrary. It is maybe hard to imagine because she is really young, and it is not pleasent zo read, it maybe is his hallucination, but it is not simple work about bully. The statement about this work is incorrect.

It's nice to know that I'm preaching to the converted! 🤣

Use your response as a springboard to make very many more videos!

I think I can post question here, I have not seen the question form, don't know if you are responding to emails. What do you think is a future tendency of English literature? In general, what are main characteristics that can be described as future trend? Some relevant new releases? Since it is Shaketember, I have expected more analysis or interesting facts about Shakespear in following videos, videos about less performed plays (and there are lots of them). It is not illegal, but I do think it is a bit foolish to miss such great opportunity.

What do you think of, let's say, King Lear? If I am not mistaken? Your personal Shakespear favorite? How some of the things he wrote for necessities of theaters of his time can be rewritten to suit the modern staging needs and should it be done at all? Should staging of Shakespear's plays be changed and stay old fashioned so that it looks more interesting and exotic, so to say? What can be taken from old staging way (or should it be) and reintroduced/modernized?

⁠I think a future tendency of English Literature will be a continual inability to divorce a writer’s identity and political persuasion from the objective quality of a work

2:51 Being pathetic at something is bit over the top, exaggerated...bad or good sounds more thruthful 4:51 if you can buy a company of a female for this amount, that only means that 20pounds note is not completely worthless. So, logical question can only be: what else can be bought for 20pounds? 12:23 maybe it is important to hold head bit up and almost not mimic when talking for filming you tube videos in general, I do suppose there is a difference when it is not done, but this is really annoying to watch. It is not about you, it is about tendency and filming style that makes the presenters look unnatural, and I have to comment how wrong this is and how does it look artificial in a wrong way.

​@@JoeSpivey02 Can that be said for literary genre? If the answer is yes, is there an incentive for authors to write about things beyond daily politics or incentive to cast politics aside when writing about common themes?

I've never read a single syllable of Cormac McCarthy's writing but most of the people whose judgements I respect, dislike his style. Posthumously discovered manuscripts always make for fun speculations about their origin though!

@@JoeSpivey02 Steve is a vociferous Cormac hater. I still want to read him at some point, he just insn't a priority.

I shall be here forever!

Many people, like yourself, seem unbothered about the true origin of the plays, but I think it would be diabolical to have praised a chirpy drunkard for four hundred years when really we should've been praising a resolute aristocrat.

You are factually incorrect. Not only do we know more about the writing lives of all the other notable playwrites of his day, but we know a vast amount about the life of Stratford Will - none of which in total or in part can be used to prove the simple idea that Will Shaksper of Stratford wrote plays and poems. None of his family or friends ever recorded, in diary or anywhere else, that he was a writer. No alleged partner ever kept a letter or receipt or manuscript or even mentioned him as a writer of any kind. The name “Shakespeare” appears first on a poem, ten or more years after the plays start being produced. It contains allusions to at least 13 obscure and untranslated works in Latin. Stratford Will was still a young and uneducated man, with a hungry family, a bankrupt father under house arrest, and a career in wool dealing. The idea that Stratford Will was connected to the works of Shakespeare does not appear anywhere on the historic record until long after his death. The strange part is that when confronted with the utterly shabby and obviously inconclusive evidence that Stratford William ever wrote anything, the Lit establishment refuses to entertain the thought that he might not have done it. Of course he might not have done it. And the strangeness of the evidence is worth investigating.

@@floatingholmes Ok, so, let's say you are completely correct, that no other evidence suggests that he might have done it. So, let's say someone finds out that someone else did it, so no more unjustice. But the more important question is, does the authorship disproves the quality of written plays? Because it seems as an underlying question, so, can someone, be super gifted at all? The history obviously gave answer to this question, but why not ignore it and ask it once more in different form, especially because he is English author.

I am happy that he did not get it. Selfish or not, he will have more time to commit to booktube

Sounds manipulative to me...😉

@@JoeSpivey02 thank u 😁

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