The John Ciardi translation is peachy.
It pales in comparison to the Gary Panter version.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Tom Scola - Jul 04, 2009 6:17:22 pm PDT #9520 of 28404
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Kat - Jul 04, 2009 8:25:38 pm PDT #9521 of 28404
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
We used the Mark Musa version (with cover illustrations done by William Blake, whose illustrations are jaw dropping), which was a very good translation.
Sandow Birk has a modern translation with the most amazing art work -- sort of modern day tweaks on the Dore's illustrations. Amazingly beautiful stuff.
Pix - Jul 04, 2009 8:42:32 pm PDT #9522 of 28404
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks everyone! Kat, at some point I would love a little Dante 101 coffee with you. I feel like I need someone who's taught it recently to help me solidify my understanding of its influence.
Kat - Jul 05, 2009 5:09:12 am PDT #9523 of 28404
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
OH! I've never taught it. I studied it 4 years ago and I talk about it constantly enough that my students ALWYAS opt to read it on their own, but usually the Sandow Birk version. One of my students said she read the Burke version with Wikipedia, constantly checking allusions.
I feel like I need someone who's taught it recently to help me solidify my understanding of its influence.
I needed someone to help me with the references and allusions! We did a very biographically reading of the text (we had read On Monarchy first and La Vita Nuova, which is kickass because the text is composed of poems, usually sonnets, with background about why he wrote it and then HOW he structured it. There's also the creepiest love poetry image ever of Love holding Beatrice in his arms and force feeding her Dante's heart.
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 8:15:54 am PDT #9524 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Nicholas Kristof lists the best kids' books ever. [link] Of the 13 books he lists, exactly one has a female main character. (Unless you want to count Charlotte's Web. Then, two.)
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 8:18:04 am PDT #9525 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
His education leaves a lot to be desired.
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 8:19:32 am PDT #9526 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
In the blog, he mentions that he would have put in Pippi Longstocking if he had more space. He seriously picked Little Lord Faunteroy over Pippi? Or, actually, over Secret Garden?
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 8:22:08 am PDT #9527 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
Or Tree Grows in Brooklyn or Ella Enchanted or any number of wonderful books.
Dana - Jul 05, 2009 8:23:18 am PDT #9528 of 28404
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The Westing Game. From the Mixed-Up Files etc.
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 8:25:09 am PDT #9529 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
In the blog, he also puts in the lists of books that his kids told him should have been on the list. His daughter, in addition to Twilight, also said Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which she says is the "best book ever." His kids also seem to like fantasy a lot more than he does.