i decided copying and pasting the "READ ME" would be the simplest way to make sure i covered everything!
Where do you live?
South East England
How old are you?
Seventeen
Are you a male or female?
Male
How did you find BookTalk?
Through FaceBook
What type of books do you enjoy the most?
Early Gothic fiction. Walpole, Radcliffe, Shelley, &c.
Other than those, my favourite authors/poets include Donne, Shakespeare, Milton, Coleridge, Dante, Carroll, Stoker, Austen, the Brontes, Poe, Goethe.
Are you married?
At my age?!
Have kids?
See above
Are you an animal lover?
Lover is such a strong word...i like some animals, my dog Sans and fish Mortimer "Monk" von Vladimir St. Aubert included.
Are you into camping, chess, kayaking, or hang gliding?
Certainly not.
Other than literature i enjoy music. Mostly metal (black metal, death metal, heavy metal, doom metal,thrash metal, &c.), but i listen to a lot of classical too.
Oh, and i play the guitar.
Where are you planning on going on vacation?
Nowhere in particular.
Where have you already explored?
England and parts of Japan.
What are your fears and dreams?
Too many to list.
Thank you for reading
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Re: A little bit about me - John Bayley
Welcome to BookTalk.org. You're one of the few people that answered all those questions.
What the heck is doom metal? I've always loved heavy metal. but I don't understand all the sub-genres.
What the heck is doom metal? I've always loved heavy metal. but I don't understand all the sub-genres.
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Hey, you're from England. Me too. Snap. What's your favourite Shakespeare piece? I'm doing an entire module on Shakespeare, starting on Friday. I'm thinking it was a rather ambitious choice, having only read three plays, a few sonnets and 'The **** of Lucrece'. (I don't like the R word....)
Anyway. Welcome.
Anyway. Welcome.
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Re: A little bit about me - John Bayley
ThanksChris OConnor wrote:Welcome to BookTalk.org. You're one of the few people that answered all those questions.
What the heck is doom metal? I've always loved heavy metal. but I don't understand all the sub-genres.
Doom Metal is characterized by very slow tempos and (generally) down-tuned guitars. Lyrics often about Witches or, as the name suggests, doom. Black Sabbath are sometimes called a Doom Metal band, but i think of them as a band which was a heavy influence on Doom.
Here are some examples of some of the best British Doom:) (Links are to YouTube) Feel free to have a look at them if you like, obviously it may not be everyone's cup of tea.
Rotting Misery - Paradise Lost
Equilibrium - Cathedral
Witchfinder General - Witchfinder General
And if you do like metal, i implore you to listen to this:
http://www.myspace.com/blazebayley
Blaze Bayley (no relation to me unfortunately), ex Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane vocalist. He has a new album coming out on February the first. Pre-orders for the album are available from the bands website, all will be fully signed by the band
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Thank you for the welcomej.a.nicole wrote:Hey, you're from England. Me too. Snap. What's your favourite Shakespeare piece? I'm doing an entire module on Shakespeare, starting on Friday. I'm thinking it was a rather ambitious choice, having only read three plays, a few sonnets and 'The **** of Lucrece'. (I don't like the R word....)
Anyway. Welcome.
Hamlet, Othello or Macbeth are easily my favourite Shakespeare plays. i don't really have any preference over his poems, but i like what i've read
An entire module? Awesome Do you know what texts it includes? i'd love to be do something like that when (or if) i go to uni.
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Yeah, Hamlet is pretty awesome. I studied it for A-level, and I've done Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, also.
I can tell you exactly what I'm studying, and when, because I'm a geek. I think this week we're just having an intro. to the context/history etc, but from Next week I'll be reading/studying the following:An entire module? Awesome Do you know what texts it includes? i'd love to be do something like that when (or if) i go to uni.
- Misogyny?: William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
- Protofeminism? John Fletcher, The Tamer Tamed; Or, The Woman’s Prize
- Tragic masculinities: William Shakespeare, Coriolanus
- Society, clothing and genders: William Shakespeare, As You Like It
- Transgressive identifications: Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, The
Roaring Girl - Women and theatricality: James Shirley, The Bird in the Cage (available on EEBO)
- Women’s dramatic writing I: Margaret Cavendish, The Female Academy (available
on EEBO) - Restoration fops and rakes: George Etherege, The Man of Mode
- Women’s dramatic writing II: Aphra Behn, The Rover
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Re: A little bit about me - John Bayley
i've studied R&J and Twelfth Night too, but that was before i was interested in literature, so i found them rather dull...i should go back to them at some point, i suppose.j.a.nicole wrote:Yeah, Hamlet is pretty awesome. I studied it for A-level, and I've done Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, also.
Looks good to me (or at least, the bits i understand do...)I can tell you exactly what I'm studying, and when, because I'm a geek. I think this week we're just having an intro. to the context/history etc, but from Next week I'll be reading/studying the following:So I suppose it's not all Shakespeare...but meh.
- Misogyny?: William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
- Protofeminism? John Fletcher, The Tamer Tamed; Or, The Woman’s Prize
- Tragic masculinities: William Shakespeare, Coriolanus
- Society, clothing and genders: William Shakespeare, As You Like It
- Transgressive identifications: Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, The
Roaring Girl- Women and theatricality: James Shirley, The Bird in the Cage (available on EEBO)
- Women’s dramatic writing I: Margaret Cavendish, The Female Academy (available
on EEBO)- Restoration fops and rakes: George Etherege, The Man of Mode
- Women’s dramatic writing II: Aphra Behn, The Rover
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