tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post7672419675561800221..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Applesauce and raspberry mousseD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-55135907356696501902013-02-03T17:40:22.230-05:002013-02-03T17:40:22.230-05:00I am so glad you are thorough! I did not recognize...I am so glad you are thorough! I did not recognize Bernays's name until you mentioned Growing Up Rich from which I call mention of a supernumerary breast and a Calder mobile. I will read her new work thanks to your post.Susan Malterhttp://www.isabelshayle.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-57057719622238572942012-12-29T06:06:56.043-05:002012-12-29T06:06:56.043-05:00The moral dilemmas of the past often disappear, re...The moral dilemmas of the past often disappear, requiring the historical novelist to recreate them in ways that resonate with contemporary readers - no easy task, of course. I'm not quite sure what it is that you find lacking in Bernay's depiction of this once very real dilemma: the lack of tragic or vexatious consequences? shallow characterisation? or...?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-65169752407625277362012-12-26T19:41:35.859-05:002012-12-26T19:41:35.859-05:00I shall consider my unenlightened self to have bee...I shall consider my unenlightened self to have been properly scolded.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-7713686015552152292012-12-26T04:45:05.757-05:002012-12-26T04:45:05.757-05:00The moral shame of homosexuality has disappeared f...The moral shame of homosexuality has disappeared for anyone who is likely to read Bernays’s novel.D. G. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-24746544463263141582012-12-24T15:56:59.575-05:002012-12-24T15:56:59.575-05:00You say: "The moral dilemma at the heart of t...You say: "The moral dilemma at the heart of the novel—the moral dilemma of homosexuality—is no real dilemma at all, because the moral shame of homosexuality has disappeared." <br /><br />I say: You are both right and wrong. The shame has for the most part disappeared, but the moral dilemma surrounding homosexuality remains, especially in a predominantly socially conservative Christian society (i.e., U.S.A.). Perhaps, though, my perception is skewed by belonging to an older generation. On the other hand, if the moral dilemma did not exist, how can we explain the ongoing disagreements about gay marriages?R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com