- Taschenbuch: 224 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin (Non-Classics); Auflage: 1 (29. Dezember 2009)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0143117327
- ISBN-13: 978-0143117322
- Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: 18 - 17 Jahre
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,5 x 12,4 x 1,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 211.199 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"Do you hear that? It's the sound of Shakespeare, rolling over in his grave."
--The Wall Street Journal
"Twitterature makes me want to punch someone, preferably the 'authors'. They're in Chicago. I'm gonna take a road trip..."
--@damig, Twitter
"JUst f*#%&ng shoot me now..."
--Mike C, grouchyconservativepundits.com
--The Wall Street Journal
"Twitterature makes me want to punch someone, preferably the 'authors'. They're in Chicago. I'm gonna take a road trip..."
--@damig, Twitter
"JUst f*#%&ng shoot me now..."
--Mike C, grouchyconservativepundits.com
Kurzbeschreibung
Perhaps while reading Shakespeare you've asked yourself, What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince words and muse in lyricism and, in short, whack about the shrub? But if the Prince of Denmark had a Twitter account and an iPhone, he could tell his story in real time--and concisely! Hence the genius of Twitterature.
Hatched in a dorm room at the brain trust that is the University of Chicago, Twitterature is a hilarious and irreverent re-imagining of the classics as a series of 140-character tweets from the protagonist. Providing a crash course in more than eighty of the world's best-known books, from Homer to Harry Potter, Virgil to Voltaire, Tolstoy to Twilight and Dante to The Da Vinci Code. It's the ultimate Cliffs Notes. Because as great as the classics are, who has time to read those big, long books anymore?
Sample tweets:
From Hamlet: WTF IS POLONIUS DOING BEHIND THE CURTAIN???
From the Harry Potter series: Oh man big tournament at my school this year!! PSYCHED! I hope nobody dies this year, and every year as if by clockwork.
From The Great Gatsby: Gatsby is so emo. Who cries about his girlfriend while eating breakfast...IN THE POOL?
Hatched in a dorm room at the brain trust that is the University of Chicago, Twitterature is a hilarious and irreverent re-imagining of the classics as a series of 140-character tweets from the protagonist. Providing a crash course in more than eighty of the world's best-known books, from Homer to Harry Potter, Virgil to Voltaire, Tolstoy to Twilight and Dante to The Da Vinci Code. It's the ultimate Cliffs Notes. Because as great as the classics are, who has time to read those big, long books anymore?
Sample tweets:
From Hamlet: WTF IS POLONIUS DOING BEHIND THE CURTAIN???
From the Harry Potter series: Oh man big tournament at my school this year!! PSYCHED! I hope nobody dies this year, and every year as if by clockwork.
From The Great Gatsby: Gatsby is so emo. Who cries about his girlfriend while eating breakfast...IN THE POOL?
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11 von 15 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
A great Tounge-in-Cheek take on Literature, primarily if you hate it
12. Oktober 2010
Format:Taschenbuch
Let's get one thing straight: This is utter, blatant satire. SATIRE. That means that the authors are trying to poke fun at the foundation that literature is based on. Since I'm in high school, I've read quite a few of the classics and I must say that I really did dislike some of them. The authors are geniuses to evoke laughter as well as horror as well as a sense of brilliance for doing this. I'm not saying that this book will be a replacement for any of the books it degrades, but it's a fine way to supplement your knowledge of classic literature in a humorous (if vulgar) fashion.
I can imagine that the audience most offended by this book would be those that have enjoyed these classics for decades/ does not know how twitter works. I've shown this to a few English teachers and they have laughed at seeing their favorites being deconstructed in a mere 1400 or so characters (most books being 10-20 tweets, 140 characters max.)
Just a quick complaint: The book does go into vulgar territory, so much that one could deduce that a couple of college students wrote this as a way to pass time. With that said, carry an open mind, read a "twitterized" passage and ROFL until morning.
While it may be an indication that conventional learning has gone the way of the dodo, it's also a refreshing take on centuries of books.
I can imagine that the audience most offended by this book would be those that have enjoyed these classics for decades/ does not know how twitter works. I've shown this to a few English teachers and they have laughed at seeing their favorites being deconstructed in a mere 1400 or so characters (most books being 10-20 tweets, 140 characters max.)
Just a quick complaint: The book does go into vulgar territory, so much that one could deduce that a couple of college students wrote this as a way to pass time. With that said, carry an open mind, read a "twitterized" passage and ROFL until morning.
While it may be an indication that conventional learning has gone the way of the dodo, it's also a refreshing take on centuries of books.
17 von 25 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Twits, these twits anyway, are not Literature
8. Februar 2010
Format:Taschenbuch
The only value in this work is the titles of the classical works of Literature. It's always nice to see them.
The comments are meant to be clever and amusing. I found them to be neither. I did however find them to be vulgar, stupid and degrading.
There is no effort on the part of the twitterers to catch in any way the style and tone, the feeling of any of these classic works.
The concept 'rip-off' comes to mind.
The comments are meant to be clever and amusing. I found them to be neither. I did however find them to be vulgar, stupid and degrading.
There is no effort on the part of the twitterers to catch in any way the style and tone, the feeling of any of these classic works.
The concept 'rip-off' comes to mind.
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More Swear Words than Funny
24. Dezember 2011
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The IDEA behind this book is great. The execution, however, is terrible. To make up for the lack of relevant or funny content, the authors threw in as many dirty words as possible. I do not recommend this book. However, I do recommend the idea to someone who can write it better. If it were a clean book (and if the content were a little more relevant to the actual plots, but still in a funny way), the authors would make much more money.
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