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Jeongwoo Nahm(Dec 01 2016 11:00PM):
Pool justifies book reviewing and states that reviews have an afterlife because she believes that reviews serve a specific purpose for multiple generations.
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When a review is written, it is meant to be an informative critique from a professional standpoint. As the review ages, it enters its afterlife, where if may no longer be relevant in terms of accuracy, it gives insight into a specific time period while also serving as a reference point for whatever was being reviewed.
Ariel Lerner(Dec 02 2016 11:03AM):
Agreed. Readers can look at the review in the future and take note of how right or how wrong the reviewer was, in hindsight.
Alexander Rothenberg(Dec 12 2016 7:41PM):
I also agree, reviews hold a specific point of view of a certain place in time. It is important to look back and learn from these past reviews.
Braden Carter(Dec 02 2016 7:43PM):
What I feel Pool also is alluding to is that a review can be interpreted one way in say 1950, and in 1980, without editing, can have some new meaning. Words and Ideas will never change, but opinions and how something is received can...
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Gabriel Galindez(Dec 06 2016 12:14AM):
I think ideas and the way words are used are constantly changing. If not the new interpretation wouldn't amount to much.
John Martakis(Dec 16 2016 5:37AM):
Exactly. Society constantly progresses and perspectives always change. It can be interesting to see how opinions of the past differ from opinions of today, if at all.
Gabriel Galindez(Dec 02 2016 2:38AM):
I think Pool means that the there is value in looking at reviews from a specific time and mindset and how that may have changed overtime. Like when an author with negative reviews like Poe during his time would have almost universal praise now.
I agree. Reviews can become historical documents after a certain time period because reviews curate the times… meaning what matters in culture, literature and the arts of a certain time period.
John Martakis(Dec 16 2016 5:45AM):
I like how you brought up culture.
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Whether we admit it or not, the culture and society we live in affects how we see things. A southerner born in the 1800’s would likely review Uncle Tom’s Cabin differently from somebody born in the past few decades.
Ariel Lerner(Dec 02 2016 11:01AM):
The idea of an afterlife means that the review lives on past the initial publication, just as the book does. Future readers can refer back to it when they read the book for the firs time the same way readers in the present can.
Nora McCarten(Dec 05 2016 10:36AM):
By saying the review has an afterlife, Pool means that the review will still come up when potential researchers search online for a book they are interested in reading, thus creating a lasting effect for the impact of that review.
Kenny Yu(Dec 16 2016 2:50PM):
An afterlife as in, after people die, reviews are still permanent in words. Regardless of how well or poorly written reviews are, it will remain in history forever.
Alex Pitre(Dec 01 2016 4:30PM):
The afterlife of a review has a kind of anthropological appeal. A review gives a cultural sample of the time when the review was written which could be helpful for those writing about the book, the cultural impact of the book, and/ the writer.
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They probably mostly appeal to the curious and the literary enthusiasts which is not a negative thing, just a niche afterlife.
Alex Pitre(Dec 01 2016 4:30PM):
I am not so sure that many reviews today will give much more information in the future other than that we are a society led by advertising and money. Perhaps I am just feeling pessimistic.
Gabriel Galindez(Dec 02 2016 2:40AM):
I think Pool is suggesting this of those who review as a passion and not those who seek monetary gains or clicks.
Carl Rollyson(Dec 03 2016 8:18AM):
Quite a few reviews are serious and thoughtful. Places to look for them: New York Review of Books, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Literary Review, The New Criterion, Wall Street Journal, New York Times Books Review, University Bookman.
Braden Carter(Dec 10 2016 2:57PM):
By no means is Pool suggesting that a review is written to portray anything about the future. Time will tell how a review or a book will be received in the future and whether the thoughts in the original review still stand.
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When a review is written, it is meant to be an informative critique from a professional standpoint. As the review ages, it enters its afterlife, where if may no longer be relevant in terms of accuracy, it gives insight into a specific time period while also serving as a reference point for whatever was being reviewed.
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making it have an afterlife.
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I agree. Reviews can become historical documents after a certain time period because reviews curate the times… meaning what matters in culture, literature and the arts of a certain time period.
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Whether we admit it or not, the culture and society we live in affects how we see things. A southerner born in the 1800’s would likely review Uncle Tom’s Cabin differently from somebody born in the past few decades.
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They probably mostly appeal to the curious and the literary enthusiasts which is not a negative thing, just a niche afterlife.
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