Posted by Steven on 25/4/2012, 22:12:34, in reply to "Re: Nothing like the Sun"
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I finished A Dead Man in Deptford this evening. I agree with what you said about the differences between it and Nothing Like the Sun. The language was either easier to read or I was just getting used to it. The story, however, was a bit harder to follow in the long religious and political discussions when I had trouble keeping up with who was saying what, or who stood for what. (Admittedly I was trying to read it in the midst of distractions that were too much for this type of book.)
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: Has anyone else read A Dead Man in Deptford ?
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: What did you think of it?
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: I thought Burgess perfected his blend of Elizabethan
: and modern English in ADMID. It feels Elizabethan, but
: is considerably easier to read than if he had actually
: used the true Elizabethan idiom. Although I sometimes
: was bogged down in philosophical discussion, I thought
: that overall it had more narrative drive than NLTS.
: The inevitable outcome is almost like Greek tragedy.
: Kit's very personality contains the fatal flaws that
: lead to his death. Very Shakespearean, or Marlovian,
: for that matter.
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