new discussion topics on Israel Potter...

...are over at Kirsten's section blog: http://19camlitkirsten.blogspot.com/

Leftover topics from Friday's question sheet include: did Melville himself hate this novel, and if so what does it matter; the sense of closure and alternate endings; the Gothic in Israel Potter; what's an adaptation; the idea of exile in IP; characters as metaphors for nations.

film adaptations of novels

flotsam of Uncle Tom

Shakespeare adaptations, anyone?

Welcome!

This is our space for posting (1) any further thoughts left over from lecture/section conversations, and (2) what we notice about adaptations and "cultural borrowings." Until we can enable everyone as an "author" on the blog, you can only post comments (and we can try to group them into logical clusters if it gets too cumbersome).