Talk:Possession (Byatt novel)

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I removed the "Trivia" category, because the only item it held was this: "A. S. Byatt's novel shows so well what postmodernism is all about that students as young as 16 (Year 12 in the UK) study it as part of their modern novel examination for the AQA exam board." Not only does it not make sense grammatically, but how does the fact that students study postmodernism for their AQA have anything to do with the novel, or that the novel shows what postmodernism's "all about"? Um, it doesn't. Also, in the novel LaM and RHA are romantics, not postmodernists. Maria 15:12, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Plot Summary[edit]

This article needs a lot of work. I can't really help, as I'm only about 100 pages through the book. It desperately needs a plot summary, I'm quite sure that's a requirement for articles on books. It also needs a 3 paragraph (or so) lead. ɱўɭĩє ^{What did I do}_wrong 00:30, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You should familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/ArticleTemplate before you finish the novel (one of my faves, by the way) and rush to make some changes. I agree that a proper plot summary is needed, but the lead section need not be a certain amount of paragraphs; it already has the important details, such as year, genre, author, and awards, so it merely needs to be fleshed out. Enjoy the book! María: (habla conmigo) 01:12, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Epigraph[edit]

All that this section says is: "Here is what an epigraph is! Byatt uses epigraphs the way they are supposed to be used!" It is an eye sore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.215.249.2 (talk) 00:48, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Errors and spoiler[edit]

There are a few errors in the text, the 'holiday' that Ash & LaMotte take is not a weekend, I recall it as being at least a week, and the relationship can hardly be described as 'possibly consumnated' since there is certainty both in the text and in the later birth of a daughter! I also wonder whether it is appropriate to reveal the meeting between Ash and his daughter, since this secret is only revealed to the reader in an epilogue (a spoiler?).Pincrete (talk) 17:20, 20 July 2014 (UTC) ps I've rephrased such that the consumnation is a possibility to the 'modern detectives' and removed the 'spoiler'.Pincrete (talk) 17:38, 20 July 2014 (UTC) … update, added the existence of an epilogue, without 'spoiler'. Pincrete (talk) 14:04, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Byatt - Fowles[edit]

The sources cited don't appear to support the assertion that Possession was a RESPONSE to French Lieut Woman. Certainly the Byatt quote makes SOME comment and fairly obviously the two novels have parallels (post-modern novels, using historical forms to mirror modern pre-occupations), but the NATURE of the parallels doesn't seem to be pointed out or ref'd. Pincrete (talk) 18:56, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the OPENING response to Fowles assertion, however couldn't see how to rephrase the later … my suspicion is that quite a bit must have been written about comparisons, between the two books and other similar works, but I couldn't find anything useful online. Pincrete (talk) 14:02, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]