H04037 MAY 2004 NOTES AND QUERIES 5/14/04 HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE

ROBERT SCHWEICK 'S BOOK REVIEW

SHANNON ROGERS' NEW APPOINTMMENT

SPRINGTIME FROLICS UPDATE

RENEWED DEBATE ON MAY 2002 DEBATE ON POTM

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From: rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu

Subject: Re: New on the REVIEWS Page!

Date: May 14, 2004 7:18:59 PM PDT

Robert Schweik's review had me laughing out loud!

The "learned irrelevance" of Freedman's points (one could hardly bless them

with the word "arguments") is itself a jaw-dropper but Bob's learned

sentience

does much (drily) to alleviate the pain.

Ariela Freedman's is an "outstanding dissertation_ indeed but, as Bob says,

"not in the sense that the Routledge series editor intended." Who, one

wonders,

is the culprit at Routledge? As with the Devereux book there is much in the

Freedman that is barely literate and much more that is purely nonsensical.

But thank you Bob for letting in some air ....

Cheers,

Rosemarie

t 03:28 PM 5/14/2004 -0400, you wrote:

Continuing in a recent tradition of penetrating, critical reviews, I have

just posted to the Reviews Page Robert Schweik's

review of Death, Men, and Modernism by Ariela Freedman. --

Death, Men and Modernism is part of Routledge's "Studies in Major Literary

Authors: Outstanding Dissertations" series.

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FROM: Rosemarie Morgan

Date: Thu , May 20, 2004

Subject: Re. Good News

Good News!

On behalf of TTHA's team and many supportive members, may I extend my heartiest congratulations to our Book Reviews Page Director, Professor Shannon Rogers, on her new appointment at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA.

Bravo Shannon! This is well earned indeed.

Lucky Juaniata College!

We wish you the very best of luck in your new job.

Cheers,

Rosemarie Morgan

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From: patmann@ouvip.com

Subject: Springtime Frolics

Date: May 21, 2004 8:33:40 AM PDT

Just a note to let you know I received the 'prize' books today. I am so

pleased with them - many, many thanks!

Patricia Mann

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From: wwmorgan@ilstu.edu

Subject: Renewed debate on "At A Lunar Eclipse"

Date: May 21, 2004 8:05:24 PM PDT

Forum subscribers may want to know that Bob Schweik and Carolyn McGrath have just renewed a debate about "At a Lunar Eclipse"--the TTHA Poem of the Month for May 2002. They are discussing (1) whether the poem adheres closely to the form of the Italian sonnet by employing a "volta" or "turn" at the beginning of line 9, and (2) whether the closing image of "women fairer than the skies" might be usefully understood to mean something like "women more just, more fair-minded than the skies." It's an intriguing exchange and gives witness to the complexity of this early Hardy sonnet.

The "At a Lunar Eclipse" (May 2002) discussion is available at the POTM website:

http://webboard.ilstu.edu/~TTHA_POTM_DISCUSSIONS/

Thanks to Carolyn and Bob for renewing the conversation.

best,

Bill Morgan

Director, Hardy Poetry Page

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