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There is something so charming about the economy of expression of English books, particularly travel or personal accounts, written before about the end of the 1
by doitLP 3y ago
There is something so charming about the economy of expression of English books, particularly travel or personal accounts, written before about the end of the 1950s. The accounts tend to be straightforward and almost stoic in their description of hardship, death, joy, and pain. Very little hand-wringing, no political correctness, and no navel-gazing about feelings. I can’t say I always prefer it but it is refreshing to read now and then. One also sees this in old war propaganda films or documentaries from the 30s and 40s.
- Swizec 3y ago> almost stoic in their description of hardship, death, joy, and pain Writers in the 1930’s remember a world before antibiotics, before vaccines, before a lot of things we take for granted. Death and suffering were a common part of life. WW1 was ~10 years ago, as was the spanish flu. Dying from tuberculosis was common. If you weren’t stoic about it all, I don’t think you could live life back then.