For those of you who are like me and like things, here are the chapter numbers for the quotes mentioned in the video (well, the ones I could find...): Okay so the first quote 4:50, is from Chapter 2 - La Somnambule (translated to The Sleepwalker). The edition I have is on page 33, the one in the video is on page 41 9:09 - Chapter 7 - Go Down, Matthew. pg. 172 in video, pg. 146 in my book 11:29 - Chapter 3 - Night Watch. pg. 57,58 in video, pg.47 in my book 13:24 - Chapter 3 - Night Watch, pg.59 in video, pg.48 in my book 13:54 - Chapter 3 - Night Watch, pg. 56 in video, pg. 46 in my book 15:28 - Chapter 1 - Bow Down, pg. 6 in video, pg. 3 in my book 15:40 - Chapter 1 - Bow Down, pg. 12 in video, pg. 8 in my book 15:46 - Chapter 1 - Bow Down, pg.20 in video, pg.16 in my book (...ferocious with dignity) and pg.15 (...docile with toil) 15:49 and 15:52 - Chapter 3 - Night Watch, pg. 55 and 56 in video, pg. 45 in my book So the last one, on @15:56 I generally couldn't find, I think my brain just shut down and got tired at that point. My book is - Djuna Barnes, , (London: Faber, 2007)
@offthewallnovels1292
3 жыл бұрын
Wow this rules, thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to do this, and I’m glad you got something out of my video.
@lisettevega7155
5 ай бұрын
You are definitely an outstanding and precocious analist of one of the most outstanding oeuvres d'art ever put into words. My ❤deepest congratulations from Santo Domingo.
@offthewallnovels1292
5 ай бұрын
That’s so kind! Thanks for watching.
@sebaceous
4 жыл бұрын
Nightwood is a very chewy read. Thank you so much. One thing about her language though, is that she wrote in verse and then translated it into prose.
@offthewallnovels1292
4 жыл бұрын
That's fascinating. That makes sense though, the prose is definitely something to savor. Thanks for watching.
@FirstRoyceMusic
4 жыл бұрын
Great analysis!
@joejones9520
2 жыл бұрын
Im reading about Djuna Barnes, pretty interesting stuff, especially her family background; she came from a very strange and eccentric family, very poor tho, then later she hung out with and sometimes lived with very strange and eccentric but very rich people who carried her financially and in that period she came out with this book. As a very old lady she told a friend that she thought it was a beautiful book and she cant believe she wrote it. She told the friend that the real Djuna Barnes died long ago..meaning this lonely and sick old lady the friend saw was very different than the young version of her who wrote the book.
@offthewallnovels1292
2 жыл бұрын
That’s incredible. I love that attitude, like “damn I’m good!” Thank you for sharing.
@huihuizhu5850
Жыл бұрын
13:25 she herself was outside and identified. it should be ... and unidentified. Thanks a lot, it's my literature homework, it's extremely helpful. Poetry can be so hard to understand. Without you explaining that women are also marginalized in the book I can't even tell who's the main character, you are my😭😭life saver.
@eldrisb421
4 жыл бұрын
Damn I want to read this book, thank you.
@emilymitchell6823
3 жыл бұрын
Monk said “It's always night, or we wouldn't need light.”
@offthewallnovels1292
3 жыл бұрын
That definitely crossed my mind reading this book. Have you read against the day?
@emilymitchell6823
3 жыл бұрын
Write Better Stories Actually forgot that quote showed up there haha. Yeah, Pynchon’s entire ‘deal’ with light is a big old Thing, isn’t it. Really enjoyed your reading of the night vs day stuff, need to go back and read this again.
@offthewallnovels1292
3 жыл бұрын
@@emilymitchell6823 indeed! Against the Day is the most thorough exploration of it, but Gravitys Rainbow has a lot of it too, but it’s like inverted where white like equals death and darkness equals life... I think anyway, it’s so hard to figure out what that guy means. Thanks for watching!
@gulliververne8418
3 жыл бұрын
The intro gives off Matthew O'Connor vibes
@offthewallnovels1292
3 жыл бұрын
I do talk too much if that’s what’s you’re saying :)
@rileyscottkramer
4 жыл бұрын
Can we get back to the men talking please lol so funny. I especially loved the baron laughing and apologizing. Hilarious.
@offthewallnovels1292
4 жыл бұрын
thanks for watching!
@tq4107
3 жыл бұрын
splendid video.
@offthewallnovels1292
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@samuelreyes5546
3 жыл бұрын
A few days ago I finished reading nightwood for the first time. It was a really unique read. I was specially shocked with the last chapter, I'd love to hear your thoughts about that chapter specifically! What is happening in it?
@offthewallnovels1292
3 жыл бұрын
I think it has to do with ownership, Nora finally found what she needed in a lover: a pet she could own that would not challenge her.
@nanyonikatola5689
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, if you don't mind could you put in the chapters which you quote from? There are so many versions of this book and what you're saying is really helpful but it would be easier to find it if at least we at least had the chapter number or name. Thanks.
@offthewallnovels1292
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is a great suggestion. It might take me a moment, but I will update you when I have this done.
@nanyonikatola5689
3 жыл бұрын
@@offthewallnovels1292 I rewatched and took notes. I'll add them in.
@professorhuggins5418
4 жыл бұрын
Are you familiar with jordan peterson's writings about men and women and Order and chaos? Excellent video btw. Just curious.
@offthewallnovels1292
4 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks for watching! I think I've heard secondhand that he uses order and chaos archetypes associated with men and women respectively, or at least archetypal masculinity and femininity. Is that right?
@sebaceous
2 жыл бұрын
Just ordered your book.
@offthewallnovels1292
2 жыл бұрын
Yay! Thanks so much😁
@sebaceous
3 жыл бұрын
ha. I love you, and not just because of your tumutulous hair.
@offthewallnovels1292
3 жыл бұрын
It's a real labor of love. Love you too.
@VangelVe
3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps I don't remember it properly but the book seemed pretentious and ambiguous to me. I also find the 'understanding postmodernism argument lame; it is clear that postmodernism has no desire to be understood because it is not rational and can't be understood. Postmodernism is bad because it leads to nihilism and destruction. It is anti-family, anti-community, and anti-bology.
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