Readings Comments
In approximately 200 words, share what you found compelling, informative, confusing or problematic about this week's readings. You are encouraged to think comparatively -- what binds the readings together and why are they important for thinking about cities? Your comment can make an observation about the readings or raise a critical question for discussion. Your comment should not simply summarize the key points of the readings, nor should it pose a factual question about a minor empirical issue.
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https://archive(dot)org/details/londonbookofaspe00symo
Arthur Symons, Ch. III, London: A Book of Aspects.
https://www(dot)poetryfoundation(dot)org/poems/43308/kitchenette-building
Gwendolyn Brooks, "Kitchenette Building," A Street in Bronzeville.
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The two readings are intriguing and while they might seem different, they do have several issues that unite them.
In the first reading, London: A Book of Aspects by Arthur Symons, London is the main subject. Symons takes his time to talk about the different aspects of London. From the gold and glitter to everything else that makes a town what it is. Symons is quite thorough in his description of London and describes the little details that make the city what it is.
In Kitchenette Building, Gwendolyn Brooks is also keen to describe the city life. However, to her, the beauty and the glitter are not easily discernible because of the life in a kitchenette. In the city, one gathers that dreams do not necessarily have that much power. As per the second stanza, the dream is seen contending with metonyms including onion fumes, fried potatoes, and yesterday’s garbage.
But could a dream end up through onion fumes
Its white and violet, fight with fried potatoes
And yesterday’s garbage ripening in the hall,
Flutter, or sing an aria down these rooms[Gwendolyn. Kitchenette Building. Selected Poems, Harper & Row. 1963. /poems/43308/kitchenette-building]
From this stanza, the ci...
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