tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32348861.post8039778747249514645..comments2023-09-28T06:16:41.768-07:00Comments on Litgeek Rambles: Wee reviewThe Geogrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00841884887406653516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32348861.post-67803579663801829882008-05-14T10:29:00.000-07:002008-05-14T10:29:00.000-07:00For?Once, I was at a conference, and I was present...For?<BR/><BR/>Once, I was at a conference, and I was presenting a paper on a rather bad novel from 1754 or so, and an elderly scholar asked me, "Should I read it?" I paused. He repeated, "Should I read it?" I said, after lots of qualifying, "No, probably not." He said, "Thank you. Most of these papers tell me about things I need to read. It's nice that one tells me about something that I <I>don't</I> have to read.<BR/><BR/>The Simon Armitage translation is lively. I'd send any teenager to it. I'd send anyone past the age of majority to Merwin's, probably.The Geogrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00841884887406653516noreply@blogger.com