Tag Archives: Prose

1973: Self-Translation

Posted on January 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Born in Ireland, Samuel Beckett wrote almost exclusively in French after moving to Paris in 1939. He would then translate his novels and plays into English. He wrote the following sentence in his 1946 short story “Premier amour”: Personnellement je … Continue reading →

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1913: As One Universe Differs from Another

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Proust’s corrections to a proof of Swann’s Way (1913) When, after that first evening at the Verdurins’, he had had the little phrase played over to him again, and had sought to disentangle from his confused impressions how it was … Continue reading →

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1964: Bastard

Posted on August 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

Women cheat, women suffer. They used to be attractive—so they smooth away their age. I shout mine aloud because I was never attractive, because I shall always have my baby hair. It’s taken me two and a half hours to … Continue reading →

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1703: Forseeing Things to Come

Posted on August 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1703, the Scottish writer Martin Martin published A description of the Western Islands of Scotland. : Containing a full account of their situation, extent, soils, product, harbours, bays, tides, anchoring places, and fisheries. The ancient and modern government, religion … Continue reading →

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1903: Mission to Ento

Posted on July 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

From the preface to Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento (1903), originally published as Journeys to the Planet Mars, or, Our mission to Ento (Mars): Being a Record of Visits Made to Ento (Mars) by Sara … Continue reading →

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1902: I Have in Me a Quite Unusual Intensity of Life

Posted on July 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

The opening of The Story of Mary MacLane: Butte, Montana January 13, 1901 I of womankind and of nineteen years, will now begin to set down as full and frank a Portrayal as I am able of myself, Mary Mac … Continue reading →

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1927: Death to the Machines!

Posted on July 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

     This program for the London premiere of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in 1927 includes a comparison, in parallel columns, of the novel and the screenplay, both of which were written by by Lang’s collaborator (and wife) Thea von Harbou. The … Continue reading →

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1914: The Workers Produce Everything!

Posted on July 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

“The workers produce Everything! If you walk through the streets of a town or a city, and look around, Everything that you can see—Factories, Machinery, Houses, Railways, Tramways, Canals, Furniture, Clothing, Food and the very road or pavement you stand … Continue reading →

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1896: Stand True

Posted on July 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

TRADE-UNIONS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A TRADE-UNIONIST by John F. Sheehan I have been asked to defend trade-unionism. It is unnec­essary; trade-unions are their own defense: by the added comforts they bring into thousands of homes, through increased wages and … Continue reading →

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1819: Kahikona arrives in Hawai’i

Posted on July 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Beginning in the early part of the last millennium, Polynesians explored 16 million square miles of ocean by canoe, navigating by the stars, sun, clouds, ocean swells, and currents; they settled on every habitable island in the Pacific and likely … Continue reading →

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