[LMB] QOTD #7: Emotional genre, re: ACC dedication (Sat. Mar. 1st)

[Elizabeth Holden]

Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> > Would you view LMB's work as in the same genre (emotionally, not
> > technically) as the four authors cited in the dedication of "A Civil
> > Campaign"?

Easy answer: no.

Jane Austen: I've read her books, and generally like them much less than anyone else seems to,
though I have a great fondness for "Persuasion" and some parts of "Pride and Prejudice".  I don't
much like the Austen writing style.

I adore Georgette Heyer with a passion.

I love Dorothy L. Sayers on principle, but haven't read many of her books.

Charlotte Bronte is one of my very favourite authors.  "Jane Eyre" is one of my favourite books
ever.  I always think there is a Great Emotional Divide between the world-view of Jane Austen and
Charlotte Bronte, and I am firmly and totally in the Bronte camp.

I might add that I don't think these authors write in the same genre, and therefore it would be
difficult to be in the same genre as all of them. Four different genres, for different styles, and
the closest to each other in subject matter would be Austen and Heyer.

And Bujold is another genre still, whether you call it SF adventure, fantasy, character-based
action, or whatever.

What they all have in common is quality writing, but they don't write in the same manner - they
each have their own voice.  Very strongly.

They tend to feature certain characteristics in certain ways - romance (some more than others),
social commentary, and humanistic values.  Bronte and Bujold are more into character-torture;
Austen and Heyer are not.

namaste,
Elizabeth