Comments on: Louise Allen Responds to Bindel http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sun, 27 May 2012 11:07:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Elizabeth Rolls http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/#comment-108062 Elizabeth Rolls Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:46:44 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/12/12/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/#comment-108062 "Bindel really shouldn't have picked this novel as an example of “patriarchal propaganda”, because it's literally got the heroine questioning the behaviour of the pater familias." True, Laura. I guess that's what happens though when you rely on out of date research that was sloppy to start with and only read the back cover blurb of the book you are dissing. If any of my senior high school students had ever presented me with a piece of badly researched rubbish like that I would have failed her. From the sound of it Ms Allen's research is of a far higher standard. Elizabeth “Bindel really shouldn't have picked this novel as an example of “patriarchal propaganda”, because it's literally got the heroine questioning the behaviour of the pater familias.”

True, Laura. I guess that’s what happens though when you rely on out of date research that was sloppy to start with and only read the back cover blurb of the book you are dissing. If any of my senior high school students had ever presented me with a piece of badly researched rubbish like that I would have failed her.

From the sound of it Ms Allen’s research is of a far higher standard.
Elizabeth

]]> By: Jane http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/#comment-107986 Jane Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:31:45 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/12/12/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/#comment-107986 I'll be reading it. Both Jayne and I bought it during the Harlequin 50% off sale. Maybe it will be our January dueling review. I’ll be reading it. Both Jayne and I bought it during the Harlequin 50% off sale. Maybe it will be our January dueling review.

]]> By: Laura Vivanco http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/#comment-107982 Laura Vivanco Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:28:30 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/12/12/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/#comment-107982 In the comments section, underneath Louise's article, I've had fun doing a bit of analysis of an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Virgin-Slave-Barbarian-Harlequin-Historical/dp/0373294778" rel="nofollow">excerpt of the novel</a> which I found on Amazon. Bindel really shouldn't have picked this novel as an example of "patriarchal propaganda", because it's literally got the heroine questioning the behaviour of the <em>pater familias</em>. In the comments section, underneath Louise’s article, I’ve had fun doing a bit of analysis of an excerpt of the novel which I found on Amazon.

Bindel really shouldn’t have picked this novel as an example of “patriarchal propaganda”, because it’s literally got the heroine questioning the behaviour of the pater familias.

]]> By: Louise Allen http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/#comment-107974 Louise Allen Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:59:06 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/12/12/louise-allen-responds-to-brindles/#comment-107974 With 550 available words, and a request to include enough of Bindel's arguements to help anyone coming new to the discussion, there wasn't much space to develop the historical aspects. It was a fascinating period to research with the Barbarians coming out as considerably more "civilised" by modern standards than the Romans - treatment of slaves, women's voice in society, the strength of the family unit for example. And it is from the Visigoths and other Barbarian tribes that we get the modern nation state and much of our legal framework. It was fun dealing with the culture clash between the hero/heroine and also managing the problems of working within the historical facts of the months following the Sack of Rome in AD410 Louise With 550 available words, and a request to include enough of Bindel’s arguements to help anyone coming new to the discussion, there wasn’t much space to develop the historical aspects. It was a fascinating period to research with the Barbarians coming out as considerably more “civilised” by modern standards than the Romans – treatment of slaves, women’s voice in society, the strength of the family unit for example. And it is from the Visigoths and other Barbarian tribes that we get the modern nation state and much of our legal framework. It was fun dealing with the culture clash between the hero/heroine and also managing the problems of working within the historical facts of the months following the Sack of Rome in AD410
Louise

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