medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Kerry,
How is the reworking of a literary motif in a fresh context plagiarism?
For another take on King Alfred's cakes, see:
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2004.html
Best,
John Dillon
On Friday, March 16, 2007. at 8:23 am, Kerry Inman wrote:
> Yet, the blatant plagiarism of the story to serve another purpose, the
> changes
> which were made to it, and reasons why are still part of the study of
> the
> Middle Ages. They tell us particularly of which values were "valued"
> and which
> were not--among which was apparently plagiarism.
>
> --V. K. Inman
>
> Quoting George FERZOCO <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> >
> > Read Rory McTurk's about how the tale has its origins in the Norse
> > saga of Ragnar Hairybreeks:
> >
> > http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,,2032767,00.html
> >
> > George
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