From: shannon stoney (sstoney@pdq.net)
Date: 10/13/03-11:51:36 AM Z
Judy wrote:
>The taste of victorianism was sentiment. The taste of today is irony. I
>remember our 10th grade English teacher declaring that it was impossible
>to read about the death of Little Nell without laughing. That was long
>ago of course, but irony had set in, perhaps spearheaded by English
>teachers tired of Dickens.
>
She stole that from Oscar Wilde, who said, "One would have to have a
heart of stone to read of the death of Little Nell without laughing."
--shannon
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