Comments on: Flying Roundtable: Stage Two http://www.edrants.com/flying-roundtable-stage-two/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flying Roundtable: Stage Five : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits http://www.edrants.com/flying-roundtable-stage-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251589 Flying Roundtable: Stage Five : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:19:15 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10567#comment-251589 [...] is the fifth of a five-part roundtable discussion of Eric Kraft’s Flying. Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four can also be read. Many thanks to Eric Kraft and all the participants for [...] [...] is the fifth of a five-part roundtable discussion of Eric Kraft’s Flying. Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four can also be read. Many thanks to Eric Kraft and all the participants for [...]

]]> By: Flying Roundtable: Stage Three : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits http://www.edrants.com/flying-roundtable-stage-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251511 Flying Roundtable: Stage Three : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:25:31 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10567#comment-251511 [...] is the third of a five-part roundtable discussion of Eric Kraft’s Flying. Part One, Part Two, and Part Four can also be [...] [...] is the third of a five-part roundtable discussion of Eric Kraft’s Flying. Part One, Part Two, and Part Four can also be [...]

]]> By: Flying Roundtable: Stage Four : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits http://www.edrants.com/flying-roundtable-stage-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251506 Flying Roundtable: Stage Four : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:20:44 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10567#comment-251506 [...] is the fourth of a five-part roundtable discussion of Eric Kraft’s Flying. Part One, Part Two, and Part Three can be read [...] [...] is the fourth of a five-part roundtable discussion of Eric Kraft’s Flying. Part One, Part Two, and Part Three can be read [...]

]]> By: Eric Rosenfield http://www.edrants.com/flying-roundtable-stage-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251464 Eric Rosenfield Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:16:52 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10567#comment-251464 Matt Cheney: I'm so glad someone else feels the way I do about this book. I backed out of this round table after reading 50 pages because I wanted to punch Peter Leroy in the face. Matt Cheney: I’m so glad someone else feels the way I do about this book. I backed out of this round table after reading 50 pages because I wanted to punch Peter Leroy in the face.

]]> By: Michael Lund http://www.edrants.com/flying-roundtable-stage-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251459 Michael Lund Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:24:49 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10567#comment-251459 Matt Cheney writes that he's one-third through "Flying," and Kathleen Maher says she gives a book 100 pages to draw her in. There's also been discussion of Peter's tone, perhaps approaching a "swarminess" that might be "Victorian." And, finally, the overlap of voices, especially Peter's and Eric's, has drawn attention. Let me add another pair of voices in the background and link them to this novel's three-part structure. Charles Dickens wrote "The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences, and Observations of David Copperfield," and that Victorian classic is one more model for Kraft's work, especially "Little Follies." So, David, Charles/Peter, Eric. While "Copperfield" was serialized in monthly parts over a year-and-a-half period, another regular form of 19th-century publishing was the three-volume format, a favorite for the circulating libraries. Kraft issued a volume (one-third, a bit more than100 pages) three summers ago, hoping that we would want the second next year, the third in another year. I "subscribed" and am eagerly waiting now (in rural Virginia) for volume III. Matt Cheney writes that he’s one-third through “Flying,” and Kathleen Maher says she gives a book 100 pages to draw her in. There’s also been discussion of Peter’s tone, perhaps approaching a “swarminess” that might be “Victorian.” And, finally, the overlap of voices, especially Peter’s and Eric’s, has drawn attention.

Let me add another pair of voices in the background and link them to this novel’s three-part structure. Charles Dickens wrote “The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences, and Observations of David Copperfield,” and that Victorian classic is one more model for Kraft’s work, especially “Little Follies.” So, David, Charles/Peter, Eric.

While “Copperfield” was serialized in monthly parts over a year-and-a-half period, another regular form of 19th-century publishing was the three-volume format, a favorite for the circulating libraries. Kraft issued a volume (one-third, a bit more than100 pages) three summers ago, hoping that we would want the second next year, the third in another year. I “subscribed” and am eagerly waiting now (in rural Virginia) for volume III.

]]> By: Michael Lund http://www.edrants.com/flying-roundtable-stage-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251458 Michael Lund Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:07:02 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10567#comment-251458 Was working on a response and it disappeared--did you get it? I hate to have to redo it, but will. If you have it and have not posted, perhaps return to me and I'll try again. Was working on a response and it disappeared–did you get it? I hate to have to redo it, but will. If you have it and have not posted, perhaps return to me and I’ll try again.

]]> By: Flying Roundtable: Stage One : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits http://www.edrants.com/flying-roundtable-stage-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251451 Flying Roundtable: Stage One : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:02:46 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10567#comment-251451 [...] (This is the first of a five-part roundtable discussion of Eric Kraft’s Flying. Here’s Part Two.) [...] [...] (This is the first of a five-part roundtable discussion of Eric Kraft’s Flying. Here’s Part Two.) [...]

]]>