But have they really held out, or are we still reading the good old things written long time ago? Anyway, if I compare the new stuff on the Revolution with the one written in 1820-1960, it's so fucking un-political. For example Mantel, though she's well-informed (which makes her "crimes" even worse, of course), it's all personal again. I am so sick of this. Have you had time to read the book on Rousseau by Feuchtwanger (I sent you a link)? That's what I'd like to read, it's so political even in the very personal plots, while Mantel is just the opposite: so personal even in the political plots. Oh yes, the originality kills us, it is nonsense and it turns to a deliberate meaningless extravagance. Here there is an additional obsession: sex and gender relations. 80% of the plays staged now in my city deal with that. I am SOOOOOO bored.
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Date: Friday, 4 September 2009 08:31 (UTC)Oh yes, the originality kills us, it is nonsense and it turns to a deliberate meaningless extravagance. Here there is an additional obsession: sex and gender relations. 80% of the plays staged now in my city deal with that. I am SOOOOOO bored.