03 February 2006 - hh_reading_room (original) (raw)

03 February 2006 @ 07:05 pm

Mortmain’s celebrated novel is described throughout I Capture the Castle as a literary breakthrough, a predecessor to James Joyce’s work, and meriting the analysis of famous literary critics. Yet beyond a few spare descriptions, Smith tells us little about the actual story. What do you imagine Jacob Wrestling to be about?

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03 February 2006 @ 10:36 pm

From angua9

This is very much a meta-book -- a book about the writing of books. Both Cassandra and Mr. Mortmain are interested in the act of learning -- Cassandra is teaching herself to write and Mr. Mortmain is investigating how humans learn to communicate and decode messages. Stephen's efforts at poetry relates to this as well. What does it all mean?

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