Posted by David Brooks on October 08, 2001 at 14:08:59 from 208.210.80.35:
I have tried Web-based forums on several other authors, and find that many are swamped by students seeking plot synopses and/or links to analyses of literary merit, suitable for cut-and-pasting into a paper. (Outrageous! When I was young, we had to WORK for our plagiarism, copying things by hand out of encyclopedias, the way Nature intended us to.)
Thankfully, I've never seen these irritating requests here on Tarboard. I'd like to think that's because Ransom readers are too mature and thoughtful for such shenanigans, but I wonder if it really means that English/literature teachers think Ransom's works are too "childish" or simple for a course.