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[bardic_lady]

So many, many days, I find myself possessed with the strong urge to chase whoever stocked the university library around with a really big book. A Really Big Book. We have all the criticism in the world and very little of what the criticism is about. We have far and away more criticsm and analysis of fantasy literature and art than actual fantasy literature and art and how useless is that?
Honestly, I'm deeply distressed by the academic focus on criticism rather than the original works. I'd rather read something myself and develop my own opinion about it before I hear what six very stuffy people had to say about it. I guess one of the reasons I research is because I want to analyze less and absorb more...