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From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:23:59 -0600
I can't quite imagine Criss Cross set in contemporary times. If the author had included modern technology (think cell phones and IMing), it would have been a very different story, and if she hadn't, critics would have said it was unrealistic, if not anachronistic.
KT
Kathleen T. Horning, Director Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706
horning at education.wisc.edu Voice: 608-263-3721 Fax: 608-262-4933 www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
>>> AMANDA CATHERINE MOSS <acmoss at wisc.edu> 02/17/06 10:44 AM >>>
Perhaps my question would be better phrased as, "What purpose does the time setting of Criss Cross serve for you as a reader?"
> In response to the following....only the writer, and perhaps the
> editor can
> answer...why is it ( Criss Cross) set in the past. And the editor
> would know
> only if the writer told her. To assume one can possibly know what
> goes on in
> a writer's head is not only futile but is a disservice to the
> writer, to the
> creative process and gives credence to "mind reading." A reader
> can only
> know what works/does not work on the page...the rest is useless, and
> sometimes, unkind speculation. Norma Jean
>
>
>
>
>
> Like many of you, I loved Criss Cross--and, like Ginny, I do
> wonder what
> happens to the characters after the end of the book. Here is my main
> question about Criss Cross: Why is it set in the past? It seemed
> likepretty much everything that happened could have taken place in
> a present-day
> setting. My cynical side thinks that maybe this was to increase
> the appeal
> for adult readers/buyers, but my "I love Criss Cross" side thinks
> that being
> set in the past shows the universality and timelessness of the
> characters'experiences. What do you think?
>
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Received on Fri 17 Feb 2006 11:23:59 AM CST
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:23:59 -0600
I can't quite imagine Criss Cross set in contemporary times. If the author had included modern technology (think cell phones and IMing), it would have been a very different story, and if she hadn't, critics would have said it was unrealistic, if not anachronistic.
KT
Kathleen T. Horning, Director Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706
horning at education.wisc.edu Voice: 608-263-3721 Fax: 608-262-4933 www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
>>> AMANDA CATHERINE MOSS <acmoss at wisc.edu> 02/17/06 10:44 AM >>>
Perhaps my question would be better phrased as, "What purpose does the time setting of Criss Cross serve for you as a reader?"
> In response to the following....only the writer, and perhaps the
> editor can
> answer...why is it ( Criss Cross) set in the past. And the editor
> would know
> only if the writer told her. To assume one can possibly know what
> goes on in
> a writer's head is not only futile but is a disservice to the
> writer, to the
> creative process and gives credence to "mind reading." A reader
> can only
> know what works/does not work on the page...the rest is useless, and
> sometimes, unkind speculation. Norma Jean
>
>
>
>
>
> Like many of you, I loved Criss Cross--and, like Ginny, I do
> wonder what
> happens to the characters after the end of the book. Here is my main
> question about Criss Cross: Why is it set in the past? It seemed
> likepretty much everything that happened could have taken place in
> a present-day
> setting. My cynical side thinks that maybe this was to increase
> the appeal
> for adult readers/buyers, but my "I love Criss Cross" side thinks
> that being
> set in the past shows the universality and timelessness of the
> characters'experiences. What do you think?
>
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> Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe...
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