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"One way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy." - Gustave Flaubert
We're just starting Madame Bovary in 19th Century French Novel. Today was (mostly) devoted to Flaubert background. We're supposed to respond to that quote by Monday.
Today in Donne we read and discussed the Elegy "Sappho to Philaenis," which I'm going to have to write out here because I like it so much. Part of the discussion had to do with the assumption that the poem is about two women and George Klawitter's argument that there's an ambiguity in the text because of the lack of definite pronouns and it could be about two men. Part of his argument being that the titles of Donne's poems aren't actually his titles. Someone else decided to call this "Sappho to Philaenis," so that's completely unhelpful.
Any way you read it, I think it's lovely.
( Sappho to Philaenis )
I find the mood icon kind of funny. John has lasers in his eyes!
We're just starting Madame Bovary in 19th Century French Novel. Today was (mostly) devoted to Flaubert background. We're supposed to respond to that quote by Monday.
Today in Donne we read and discussed the Elegy "Sappho to Philaenis," which I'm going to have to write out here because I like it so much. Part of the discussion had to do with the assumption that the poem is about two women and George Klawitter's argument that there's an ambiguity in the text because of the lack of definite pronouns and it could be about two men. Part of his argument being that the titles of Donne's poems aren't actually his titles. Someone else decided to call this "Sappho to Philaenis," so that's completely unhelpful.
Any way you read it, I think it's lovely.
( Sappho to Philaenis )
I find the mood icon kind of funny. John has lasers in his eyes!
