I'm twenty pages from being done with my reread of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. I think I'm going to be writing my master's thesis on that (since grad school is pretty much a given at this point). I'm really interested in combining my dual loves of literature and history by studying the ways authors use history in their fiction--for what purposes they manipulate it, if they do, and what they may be trying to say about their own period by setting something in or referring to historical periods. I also want to work on sci-fi and fantasy (no, seriously, in my current state of late-night megalomania I'm envisioning writing many books of criticism, or at least essays, on Gaiman, Martin, Bradbury, Clarke...), and JS&MN is a perfect blend of the two.
I may babble about the book, and other works of historical fiction, in the months to come. Be prepared.
(Okay, so maybe I was meant to be an academic. I'm excited at the prospect of researching and writing a paper. Perhaps last year's "Papers, augh!" was the burnout talking?)
I may babble about the book, and other works of historical fiction, in the months to come. Be prepared.
(Okay, so maybe I was meant to be an academic. I'm excited at the prospect of researching and writing a paper. Perhaps last year's "Papers, augh!" was the burnout talking?)
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