11-02-2010, 08:19 AM
Thanks so much for the kind feedback, Todd
I knew the lighthouse was phallic, simply by how it was shaped, as you said, but I wasn't aware that Woolf meant it to be an actual motif until one of my teachers mentioned it; reading the book, I kind of felt a weird affinity with her regarding how she conveyed the father of the novel, as this always serious, aloof man prone to hurting other people without really being aware of it. You weren't fond of the mangle? I thought the line was a bit abrupt myself, kind of jarring the rhythm, but I think having just "broken radio," or even "that broken radio," would make the sentence much too short. Thanks again for the kind words
I knew the lighthouse was phallic, simply by how it was shaped, as you said, but I wasn't aware that Woolf meant it to be an actual motif until one of my teachers mentioned it; reading the book, I kind of felt a weird affinity with her regarding how she conveyed the father of the novel, as this always serious, aloof man prone to hurting other people without really being aware of it. You weren't fond of the mangle? I thought the line was a bit abrupt myself, kind of jarring the rhythm, but I think having just "broken radio," or even "that broken radio," would make the sentence much too short. Thanks again for the kind words
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe