tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post8651072757719161582..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Ars longa, legere brevis*Flaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-54863754452992982102014-05-30T09:59:31.654-04:002014-05-30T09:59:31.654-04:00Historiann:
I. . . guess? As a literature scholar...Historiann:<br /><br />I. . . guess? As a literature scholar, I think that's a pretty awful and depressing maxim! <br /><br />But it's true that most scholarly works aren't the savor-it, read-for-pleasure type. And more's the pity.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-48204817660449007752014-05-26T22:43:23.604-04:002014-05-26T22:43:23.604-04:00A senior scholar in my field once told me that the...A senior scholar in my field once told me that there are two kinds of scholars: those who read books and those who write them. The lesson was of course that if you want to be the latter, you need to be ruthless in your consumption of other people's scholarship. You have to see it as instrumental, and you have to keep your end goal in mind.<br /><br />I think that's pretty great advice! I think that reading ANYTHING at ANY SPEED in someone else's book is what they'd prefer, rather than holding yourself to some unrealistic standard as a reader. <br /><br />Give yourself a break. It's Memorial Day today, & so it's officially summer! Break out the white shoes and the G&Ts! Enjoy.Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-37446465935966469032014-05-24T23:53:32.432-04:002014-05-24T23:53:32.432-04:00Susan:
Well yes, that's certainly true!
It&#...Susan:<br /><br />Well yes, that's certainly true!<br /><br />It's just funny, and uneasy-making, the disproportion between production time and consumption time.<br /><br />The book that I'm reading one chapter a day feels like the right speed, though I usually prefer to get through things in one fell swoop. But it's also dense and chewy, so I think a chapter a day is literally all I could manage.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-26003742388970574952014-05-24T23:24:15.878-04:002014-05-24T23:24:15.878-04:00Oh, yes. I am strategic about my reading, often ...Oh, yes. I am strategic about my reading, often getting enough of a sense of the argument to know when I need to return to the book. <br /><br />On the other hand, you wouldn't want to write a book that took people ten years to read. I think two days on a book is a lot - I usually do a day or so, but rarely in one fell swoop. (I'm not sure how I characterize the reading I do while traveling, or where there are distractions ...) Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.com