...to learn the song
That is in their heart,
And to sing it to them
When they have forgotten. - Anonymous
It's been a fairly average day today. I fell out of bed at 9.30 and carried on reading one of the books I purchased from the charity shop. Cordy joked the last time we were there that by third year we could end up buying every book on their shelves - somehow I think the way we're going it could end being true.
Looking at the blurbs, I've noticed something about mainstream contemporary fiction. Most of them entail secrets emerging from the past of a main character, or the secrets of a particular organisation or the secrets of an event. All this seems to prove is not the magnificence of our literature, but the nosy nature of the society we live in - selling glorified gossip magazines as art.
Don't get me wrong, I have read some simply marvellous modern literature in recent years. I remember being given an essay to write on Angela Carter and being taken aback by the way she satirised the techniques of Perrault. I was even more taken aback by the discovery that her death had not taken place until only recently, in 1992. I had half expected her to be Perrault and Barbot de Villeneuve's contemporary.
Books released now seem to follow a Mills and Boon pattern, which depresses me somewhat. I thought the point of writing was be original?
What subcategory of Goth best fits you?
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You are a romantic goth, better known as a traditional goth. You are probably quickly identified as a goth by outsiders. Black lace, bats, and moonlit cemetaries are just a few of your favorite things. Click on my name to take my other tests if you liked this one.
Romantic Goth |
| 92% | |
Ethereal Goth |
| 79% | |
Old-school Goth |
| 75% | |
Death Rocker |
| 67% | |
Industrial/Rivet-Head |
| 67% | |
Perky Goff |
| 67% | |
Fantasy Goth |
| 58% | |
Anything-Goes Goth |
| 50% | |
Cyber-goth |
| 50% | |
Confused Outsider |
| 33% | |
Understanding Outsider |
| 33% |
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