tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post6163509738227150438..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: The exact dayD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-70766360364813832622010-04-09T15:18:57.343-04:002010-04-09T15:18:57.343-04:00Postscript on Authenticity of Dates in Fiction: I&...Postscript on Authenticity of Dates in Fiction: I've been giving your post a bit more thought, and it seems to me that the reliability (or unreliability) of the narrator gives an author plenty of latitude with respect to precision about actual dates; after all, within the context of Hemingway's novel, we as readers must be constantly on guard about the veracity of characters, which--to my mind--invites us also to be at least somewhat guarded about the narrator's (not Hemingway's) authority. Others, though, may vigorously disagree with the kind of license and skepticism I am suggesting.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-41457624152586725972010-04-09T12:26:13.219-04:002010-04-09T12:26:13.219-04:00I can't say I have ever looked up a date I rea...I can't say I have ever looked up a date I read in a novel, but I was delighted to stumble on an essay about my favorite <i>Pnin</i> this morning.Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-58526503033445602432010-04-09T11:56:10.662-04:002010-04-09T11:56:10.662-04:00It’s nice to know I’m not the only one that checks...It’s nice to know I’m not the only one that checks dates. In reading Ford Madox Ford’s <i>Some Do Not…</i> I found myself doing just that. During the overnight cart ride for Valentine Wannop and Christopher Tietjens, Valentine declares that it is the summer solstice. A check of the 1912 calendar shows that the dates for the Saturday evening/Sunday morning ride would be June 22 & 23. For someone who could be loose with dates in order to hammer home a point, Ford did well in this case.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-18010819114580196892010-04-09T11:34:45.724-04:002010-04-09T11:34:45.724-04:00Here is something more about Stoneback's book,...<a href="http://novelsandstories.blogspot.com/2010/02/review-reading-hemingways-sun-also.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is something more about Stoneback's book, READING HEMINGWAY'S THE SUN ALSO RISES: GLOSSARY AND COMMENTARY.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-25127386694313585902010-04-09T11:31:26.950-04:002010-04-09T11:31:26.950-04:00I read your comments about the date(s) for the fig...I read your comments about the date(s) for the fight cited in THE SUN ALSO RISES, and it provokes me to ask you if you are familiar with H. R. Stoneback's READING HEMINGWAY'S THE SUN ALSO RISES: GLOSSARY AND COMMENTARY (Kent State UP, 2007). Stoneback has much useful information about dates, places, and "real life" allusions in Hemingway's novel. My reading of the novel has been significantly illuminated by Stoneback's work (the cited book and his articles). And, even though I studied with a noted Hemingway scholar (Allan Josephs), I cannot think of a better second source than Stoneback.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com