Posts by Emma Hart
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Oh, darling, I couldn't if I tried.
How do you... oh crap. You've been talking to "someone I used to flat with", haven't you?
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No pencil, but I am glaring at you over the rims of black framed glasses.
Ooo, are you going to Shush me?
It's too early for this...
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To take over from Emma as David's secretary briefly, I am informed he will be being interviewed at around 9:30.
You put that pencil down, girl.
I'm officially dedicating the 5th paragraph of this post (beginning "I don't even like the word 'Volvo'," Jimmy told me"...) to Emma Hart.
Aheheheheh. And there I was thinking I could 'cut links' with Volvo, but that's obviously not going to happen.
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I was thinking more "texts in modern English" rather than dumbed-down Shakespeare; plenty of my classmates were really put off by the language
So, genuinely asking and not being snarky, how do you preserve the layers of meaning and pun in Shakespeare's language in modern English, where 'will' no longer means 'penis'? recordari's example is a great one, though not from a play: that sonnet is filthy, but only because of those Elizabethan double meanings. I can't see how it could be 'translated' without losing some of its meaning.
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Or is that like taking a shower wearing a raincoat?
You'd have to ask Bart, he's the one who likes to read it in the bathroom.
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BookieMonster, I have visited your site and decided to try the Jasper Fforde on your recommendation.
Jasper Fforde is totally excellent. His 'audience participation Shakespeare' got read aloud to my partner in its entirety.
What are your feelings on Henry V and A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Yep, Henry V is fine. We did it in 7th form. I was in Dream when I was eleven and I found it perfectly easy to understand, but any attempt on my part to explain the basic plot to my peers was met with blank incomprehension. I think it's okay for high school.
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I'm not buying anything until after my partner and I move into our new home (for those who like restored villa porn)
Oh, stop that. Next on our list is buying a house, and I'm trying to be sensible and practical about my love for lead-lighting, wood panelling and high ceilings.
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I loved both the books I bought and Emma, your book has now been passed onto my teenage daughter so she too can grok the pithy wisdom contained within
Awesomely awesome. My teenage daughter was the one tucked away in a corner reading the book at the Chch launch.
oh crap Xmas is next week!
best do something about that then, eh...So far, my Christmas planning consists of pondering what kind of booze to take to Megan's on Monday.
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The idea that spotty 16 and 17 year olds can have any real understanding of King Lear is ludicrous.
Shakespeare for High Schools: Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Richard III, Othello, Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare Never for High Schools Under Any Circumstances: King Lear, Hamlet. Also, please note, they are PLAYS. They should be watched, not read.
Now, I just have to go take my bonnet off and see if I can get rid of this damn bee...
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(All except Catcher in the Rye, which I still loathe in an unadulterated fashion.)
That's just cause it's shit, Lucy. Nowadays, I have teenagers of my own, so if I want to listen to someone go on and on about how everything so unfair and everybody's so lame and nobody recognises their unique snowflakeness... no. I'm never going to want to do that.
My daughter's book of the year (came out last year but won this year's Hugo, so I'm saying it counts) would be Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, which she picked up and would not stop reading until she'd finished it. Really shouldn't have given it to her on a school night.