Re: Sleepy Hollow

On 10/4/2013 12:26 PM, Ellen Rawson wrote:
> Okay, so the friend of mine who's an expert in 19th-century literature
> also is an ex-lawyer who wrote her Ph.d dissertation on law in
> 19th-century lit. Note that she loves the show, but she did have a
> couple of comments.
>
> 1) Do the writers know what Admiralty courts are?
> 2) Oxbridge professors did not routinely fight in colonial wars.
>
> She noted that they're playing with lots of tropes, but they seem well
> aware of the fact and are having fun with them.
>
> Now, I've not seen the show yet as we don't get it until next week. I'll
> let you know what I think. I don't know what references were made to
> Admiralty courts, nor do I know about Oxbridge professors fighting in
> colonial wars, but, yeah, whatever that allusion was, I can't see an
> average Oxbridge-type lecturer running off to fight over in the colonies. :)

I think the point there is that Crane is not supposed to be your average
anything. :-)

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