tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4429447472244877235..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: The blogger's dilemmaA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-73965667842964597132014-07-07T19:47:40.773+01:002014-07-07T19:47:40.773+01:00Sam - I agree, although I've been scratching m...Sam - I agree, although I've been scratching my head over this subject recently too. Not sure where I'm going with it yet though. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-86455152773108109912014-07-07T19:09:48.788+01:002014-07-07T19:09:48.788+01:00I agree with Roger about the short story. This is...I agree with Roger about the short story. This is essentially an issue of scope and scale. This topic would once have been a major sociologist's or cultural critic's <i>magnum opus</i>, a book of several hundred pages which made or broke reputations. Blogging is the equivalent of the slim pamphlet. Greer has been lured into the magisterial, when he should have stuck to the suggestive, or (if sufficiently talented) the aphoristic.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-78985461156593783642014-07-07T18:40:40.494+01:002014-07-07T18:40:40.494+01:00Roger - I know what you mean.
I'm sure there...Roger - I know what you mean. <br /><br />I'm sure there is something to pin down, but maybe it requires too many pins and seems disjointed when perhaps it isn't.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-81005130127782159812014-07-07T14:00:23.891+01:002014-07-07T14:00:23.891+01:00Interesting. He touches on a vague feeling I get,...Interesting. He touches on a vague feeling I get, cannot pin down and then dismiss as 'silly old fool'. But I think he has and then loses grip of a very elusive idea. I suppose a blog is a bit of a short story form and cannot take on too much in one lump.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com