Re: reading

[Jeff Burka <jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>]

Jill writes:

>I have been noticing the large number of Kate's songs that are based on books.
[...]
>The Sensual World - James Joyce (I've forgotten the exact book)

_Ulysses_

>Are there others?  Has anyone made a Kate reading list?

Well, le'see.  Didn't I hear that "The Infant Kiss" was inspired by
the film _The Innocents_ which was based on Henry James' _The Turn of
the Screw_?  Or am I completely confused?

"Hammer Horror," while having nothing to do with the plot of Hugo's
novel, certainly borrows a little imagery (and a wretchedly funny
pun) from _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_.

Anybody got others to add?

>I find it interesting that of 4 fans asked none of them had read Wuthering
>Heights but all of them loved the song.

Count me as a KaTe fan who's read the book.  Of course, I didn't read it
until after it'd been one of my favorite songs for a year or so.  On
the other hand, I read it as a direct result of loving the song so much
(and at the insistence of an SO who knew how I felt about the song and
knew I'd love the book).

I do have another friend who's not a KaTe fan, but loves the song because
_Wuthering Heights_ is one of her favorite books.

Jeff


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