tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665850473933366690.post4898814754733700067..comments2023-11-02T04:46:00.976-07:00Comments on Unpacking My Library: LoomingsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594233727708567438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665850473933366690.post-83835266780180171512008-12-27T10:20:00.000-08:002008-12-27T10:20:00.000-08:00It's good to see Unpacking My Library active again...It's good to see Unpacking My Library active again.<BR/><BR/>I really like what you've written about "Call me Ishmael." It's so succinct.<BR/><BR/>I have a couple small things to add. Addressing the reader at the beginning of a novel (in a preface, for example) is one of those novelistic conventions that goes back to . . . <EM>Don Quixote</EM>: "Idle reader . . . " Melville is addressing the reader--or implicating her--without actually calling her out my name. It introduces an interesting question: how are readers supposed to take this novel? Your commentary tempts me to reread it and find out.<BR/><BR/>I recently looked at an Italian translation of <EM>Moby-Dick.</EM> One thing I noticed is that the simplicity of "Call me Ishmael" is not easily translated into Italian. It's a deceptively simple opening, isn't it? Of course, we're so used to reading it that it's a challenge to see it freshly again. But that's what your blog is for!<BR/><BR/>Okay, I wasn't succinct.Ludwig Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145442092958521609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665850473933366690.post-11772765684901201042008-12-26T19:39:00.000-08:002008-12-26T19:39:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594233727708567438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665850473933366690.post-27305684882861290172008-12-24T10:12:00.000-08:002008-12-24T10:12:00.000-08:00Just wanted to wish you luck with your reading gro...Just wanted to wish you luck with your reading group and to say that if any of the members wants a boost with the vocabulary or references, they are welcome to visit <A HREF="www.powermobydick.com" REL="nofollow">powermobydick.com,</A> a new online annotation of this amazing book.MegDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05276367700343681874noreply@blogger.com