Viae Ferae

I hate to keep going back to this...it has intreaged me so..so much that pictures have been taken..


two views of the "doorway" (as I call it) that I walk through pretty much everyday right next to the staduim...the other day walking through it thought...wait this used to be a building...or will become one?

Another that I'm not sure quite qualifies since we know that Gorgas hall was what was just torn down and the new DKE house will soon rest there...a sign both of something once there and something to come!


and one other thought before I leave the Viae Ferae alone again..what about
internet VFs ?

Women and John Segundus

First, after perusing the various sites linked to our fabulous blog, I realize we need to spend more time with John Segundus. As an orginal English magician, the proprietor of the first school of magic, and the biographer of Jonathan Strange, he deserves to be wined, dined, and cuddled.

I am also interested in discussing further the role of women in the novel. The gentleman with the thistle-down hair uses two women--Lady Pole and Arabella--to fulfill his freakish desires at Lost-hope, but also a man, Stephen Black. Does he pick those he enchants based on their submissiveness or their genders?

Also, what happens between Lady Pole and Sir Walter when she returns? Does Arabella wait for Jonathan? What is the deal with her black dress, wandering on the snowy moors, and not remembering any of it? Does the peat harvested by Stephen to replace Arabelle symbolize anything?

Real Folks in JS&MN

So I was looking at my fave thing in the world, Wilkipedia, and come across this list of real historical figures in the novel and thought since we were talking about it in class it'd be neat to look at. I think we left some off...