tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post450495053381287227..comments2024-03-26T01:10:13.720+00:00Comments on Teach Me Tonight: Noted with Interest: Twilight of the Gothic (2)E. M. Selingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post-79977533527386292352015-06-24T22:23:36.858+01:002015-06-24T22:23:36.858+01:00Does he mention the picaresque novel, which begins...Does he mention the picaresque novel, which begins in the 16th century? Might complicate his dating a little, unless he thinks that anything mocking is similar to <i>Don Quijote</i> and different from a novel about "flawed, ordinary people living in a recognizable, realistic present". <br /><br />Is Pamela, as a character, really "ordinary"? It's a Cinderella story with a very slight veneer of realism.<br /><br />I know, I'm being very picky and it's pretty pointless to do that without having read the whole book.Laura Vivancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906661869372622821noreply@blogger.com