Sign Up for the American Lost Generation Tour
Posted by admin in Newsletter on February 21, 2011
Sign up is open for the American Lost Generation tour. Come read the introductory post and sign up to welcome an American lost generation author to your blog at the end of March.
The American Lost Generation Sign Up
Posted by admin in Intro and Sign Up on February 21, 2011
The “Lost generation” is a term popularized by Ernest Hemingway and credited to Gertrude Stein. It refers to the persons who came of age and were called to service during the “Great War.” Many of the writers of the “lost generation” had gathered in Paris during the 1920s, and formed a literary circle that experimented with a modernist style and expression. See Wikipedia for more details.
Because this subject can technically include many authors, I’ve felt the need to limit this introductory post in some way. I’ve listed below details and books by some of the main authors of the American expatriate “lost generation.” These authors were part of the movement in Paris. The following authors link to more information below.
- Gertrude Stein (who coined the term and coached the writers)
- Ernest Hemingway
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- T.S. Eliot
- Ezra Pound
Other authors that may be considered lost generation are listed without book lists. Their names link to a Wikipedia page about them so you can do further research if you’d like to read one of these authors for the tour. These authors may not have been expatriates in the tight circle of “lost generation” writers, but they still may be considered “lost generation.”
- Sherwood Anderson
- Hart Crane
- E.E. Cummings
- John Dos Passos
- William Faulkner
- Zelda Fitzgerald
- Alan Seeger
If you want to read someone not on these lists, I ask that at least the author you choose to read is an American who was writing in the 1920s or 1930s. The work does not need to have been written in the 1920s (it may have been written sooner or later than that), but since those are the active years of the “lost generation,” the author you choose to read should have been a writer during those years.
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Tentative tour dates are March 21 to April 1. Sign up will remain open until the March 2.
Sign up is now closed. If you’d still liked to join the tour, send an email to rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com and we’ll fit you in.
Coming Soon….The Lost Generation
Posted by admin in Coming Soon on February 13, 2011
The American literature votes are in. The next tour will be American literature from the Lost Generation of writers, from Hemingway and Gertrude Stein to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ezra Pound. More details about these authors, and sign up, to come soon.
Closely tied for second were American Romanticism and American turn-of-the-century Naturalism, both of which we’ll have to do at another point.
Thanks for voting!
America, the Beautiful
Posted by admin in Coming Soon, Voting on February 8, 2011
Photo by cayusa at Flickr
From Ancient Greece we’re traveling to America….but I’m not yet sure just where in time we’re going to stop! Here are four themed tours. Which would you most like to see featured on an upcoming Circuit?
Please note that we’ve had Americans on the lists in the past; we’ll try to give those authors a chance again at some point for future tours. For now, though, these are the authors/themes we’re going to decide from among.
Colonial and Revolutionary Thought: Defining A New Nation
- Anne Bradford, Phyllis Wheatley, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Thomas Paine, Washington Irving.
American Romanticism: A Unique American Style
- James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, the Transcendentalists.
American Turn-of-the-Century Naturalism: Social Issues in Literature
- Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Frank Norris
The Lost Generation: Experimentation in Style and Form
- Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, Waldo Pierce
I’d love your input, regardless of whether you will be able to participate in the tour.
SURVEY CLOSED
Ancient Greeks Tour in Retrospect
Posted by admin in Tour in Retrospect on February 8, 2011
Our Ancient Greeks Tour has come to an end. Did you miss any of the stops? What will be your next Ancient Greek read?
See where the tour visited below.
Wednesday, January 26 Lifetime Reading Plan shares thoughts on “Who was Homer?”
Wednesday, January 26 Badgerish.Net writes about The Odyssey by Homer
Wednesday, January 26 Aurelia writes about Electra by Sophocles
Thursday, January 27 2606 Books and counting writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Thursday, January 27 Shelf Love writes about The Oresteia by Aeschylus
Thursday, January 27 The Literary Rapport writes about the character Electra in Euripides and Sophocles
Friday, January 28 Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog writes about The Odyssey by Homer
Friday, January 28 fictional100 writes about Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Saturday, January 29 Pining for the West writes about Protagoras and Meno by Plato
Saturday, January 29 Sasha and the Silverfish writes about Grief Lessons by Euripides, edited by Anne Carson
Saturday, January 29 Rebecca Reads writes about Poetics by Aristotle
Sunday, January 30 pages turned writes about Plato’s Selected Myths
Monday, January 31 Breathing Space writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Monday, January 31 First Impressions writes about The Orestia by Aeschylus
Monday, January 31 Moored at Sea writes about Hippocrates
Tuesday, February 1 Libellule writes about The Birds by Aristophanes
Wednesday, February 2 The Reading Life writes about The Bacchae by Eurpidies
Wednesday, February 2 Fat Books & Thin Women writes about The Frogs by Aristophanes
Thursday, February 3 Notes from the North writes about Medea by Euripides
Thursday, February 3 Read the Book writes about The Iliad by Homer
Friday, February 4 A Literary Odyssey writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Friday, February 4 A Common Reader writes about The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Friday, February 4 Bibliophilopolis writes about Anabasis by Xenophon
Ancient Greeks Tour in Progress
Posted by admin in Schedules and Updates on January 29, 2011
We are now a third of the way through our Ancient Greeks tour, and there is another week of posts coming. Have you been following it? Don’t worry if you haven’t yet. Start now. The tour schedule is a sticky post on the blog. See it here. Each day, visit the Classics Circuit page to see which bloggers are welcoming the Ancient Greeks to their blog.
Enjoy!
Ancient Greeks Tour Schedule
Posted by admin in Schedules and Updates on January 3, 2011
The button for the Ancient Greeks Tour is a statue of Achilles’ last stand. I personally find Achilles as portrayed in The Iliad very fascinating, so I’m glad that folks on twitter seemed to like this picture best! This statue stands in Hyde Park in London and is dedicated by King George III to the Duke of Wellington for victorious battles. The picture was taken by flickr user swanksalot (Seth Anderson) and is used under creative Common License with attribution.
I’m really excited to read everyone’s posts about the classics Greek works, most of which I personally have not read yet. Below is the current schedule.
Do you want to join in too? We’d love to add you to the schedule! Send an email to rebecca [at] rebeccareid [dot] com with your blog name and url, the work you’d like to post about, and any date preferences.
Wednesday, January 26 Lifetime Reading Plan shares thoughts on “Who was Homer?”
Wednesday, January 26 Badgerish.Net writes about The Odyssey by Homer
Wednesday, January 26 Aurelia writes about Electra by Sophocles and/or Euripides
Thursday, January 27 2606 Books and counting writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Thursday, January 27 Shelf Love writes about The Oresteia by Aeschylus
Thursday, January 27 The Literary Rapport writes about the character Electra in Euripides and Sophocles
Friday, January 28 Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog writes about The Odyssey by Homer
Friday, January 28 fictional100 writes about Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Saturday, January 29 Pining for the West writes about Protagoras and Meno by Plato
Saturday, January 29 Sasha and the Silverfish writes about a play (undecided) by Euripides
Saturday, January 29 Rebecca Reads writes about Poetics by Aristotle
Sunday, January 30 pages turned writes about Plato’s Selected Myths
Sunday, January 30 Breathing Space writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Monday, January 31 First Impressions writes about The Orestia by Aeschylus
Monday, January 31 Moored at Sea writes about Hippocrates
Tuesday, February 1 A Striped Armchair writes about Grief Lessons: Four plays by Euripides trans by Anne Carson
Tuesday, February 1 Libellule writes about The Birds by Aristophanes
Wednesday, February 2 The Reading Life writes about The Bacchae by Eurpidies
Wednesday, February 2 Fat Books & Thin Women writes about The Frogs by Aristophanes
Thursday, February 3 Stiletto Storytime writes about The Histories of Herodotus’
Thursday, February 3 Notes from the North writes about Medea by Euripides
Thursday, February 3 Read the Book writes about The Iliad by Homer
Friday, February 4 A Literary Odyssey writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Friday, February 4 A Common Reader writes about The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Friday, February 4 Bibliophilopolis writes about Anabasis by Xenophon
Anthony Trollope Tour in Retrospect
Posted by admin in Tour in Retrospect on December 18, 2010
The Anthony Trollope tour has come to an end. If you missed any of the stops along the way, see the links below for each blogger’s thoughts on the books they’ve read. Also be sure to sign up for the Ancient Greek Classics tour if you are interested!
Monday, December 6 things mean a lot discusses Framley Parsonage
Monday, December 6 Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog discusses Mr. Scarborough’s Family
Monday, December 6 2,606 Books and counting…… discusses The West Indies and the Spanish Main
Tuesday, December 7 First impressions discusses The Bertrams
Tuesday, December 7 Classics in Context discusses The Claverings
Tuesday, December 7 Bibliophiliac discusses The Prime Minister
Wednesday, December 8 Lifetime Reading Plan discusses Rachel Ray
Wednesday, December 8 A Few of My Favourite Books discusses Can You Forgive Her?
Thursday, December 9 Desperate Reader discusses Doctor Thorne
Friday, December 10 A Few More Pages discusses The Two Heroines of Plumplington
Friday, December 10 Pining for the West discusses The Belton Estate
Saturday, December 11 Becky’s Book Reviews discusses Lady Anna
Saturday, December 11 Musings discusses Barchester Towers
Sunday, December 12 Stiletto Storytime discusses “Christmas at Thompson Hall”
Sunday, December 12 Reading, Writing, Working, Playing discusses The Warden
Sunday, December 12 Tony’s Reading List discusses He Knew He Was Right
Monday, December 13 pages turned discusses The Way We Live Now
Monday, December 13 She Reads Novels discusses Barchester Towers
Tuesday, December 14 Reading Life discusses Cousin Henry
Wednesday, December 15 Mustard Seed Book Reviews discusses The Christmas Stories
Wednesday, December 15 Fleur Fisher in her world discusses Cousin Henry
Wednesday, December 15 Books and Chocolate discusses Barchester Towers
Thursday, December 16 Caribousmom discusses The Warden
Thursday, December 16 Shelf Love discusses He Knew He Was Right
Friday, December 17 Rebecca Reads discusses Phineas Finn
Friday, December 17 It’s All About Books discusses The Way We Live Now
Friday, December 17 nomadreader discusses The Warden
Sign Up Open for Ancient Greeks Tour
Posted by admin in Newsletter on December 13, 2010
Sign up is open for the Ancient Greeks Tour, to run the end of January. Come to the blog to read the Introductory post for ideas of what to read and to get to the link for sign up.
Introduction to the Ancient Greek Classics: Sign Up for the January Tour
Posted by admin in Intro and Sign Up on December 13, 2010
Welcome to a brief introduction to Ancient Greek Classics! Below, you can read other blogger’s and reader’s thoughts on ancient works and you can sign up for the upcoming (late January) Classics Circuit tour.
Although dates are tentative, the Ancient Greek tour will probably begin Monday, January 24, 2011 and will run for between five days (ending January 28) and ten days (ending February 4), depending on the number of people who join the tour.
For this tour, you can read and write about anything written in Ancient Greece before 338 B.C.E., which was when Philip of Macedon had overtaken all the Greek city states and the Hellenistic age begins. (See note below about flexibility. We aren’t picky.) Below, I have information about epic poets, lyric poetry, Greek tragedy, Greek comedy, historians and philosophers.
About the Classics Circuit: The Classics Circuit: Ancient Greek Classics Tour is a blog tour of Ancient Greek classics. Participants select a work to read and let us know of the selection. Via email, we will assign participants a day to post about the work. On the assigned days, participants post about the work on their blogs. Participants write in their own style, for whatever length of post they’d like. After the tour is over, we will post on our site a list of permalinks to all those who participated in the tour. Note that you must have a blog to participate. Only one day will be included on the tour schedule and only one post linked to on the permalink post, although bloggers may post as many times as they want during the tour.
Get ideas of what to read after the jump.
Sign up is currently closed. If you’d still like to participate in this tour, please send an email to rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com with the following information: your blog name and url, the work you’d like to read for the tour, and any date preferences.
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