Hzrry, who doesn't remember Maisie. anklestrap high heels? But thank you for this arcane bit of Spenseriana. tpr
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From: "Harry Berger, Jr." <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, March 25, 2005 4:11 pm
Subject: Re: Advice?
> It could also be fun to show them the marvelously
> kooky prose adaptation of Book One in volume 5 of
> Olive Beaupré Miller's My Bookhouse, if you can
> find a copy-mine has a publication date of 1921.
> It was my introduction to Spenser back in the
> early 1930s. Redcrosse and Una are on the cover:
> he looks like a fullback and she looks a little
> like Ann Sothern with hay fever (anybody else
> remember Ann Sothern? Shee, shee alone, was the
> source, the center, of all the turmoil and
> turpitude of a wretched pre-teen fantasy).
> -Harry
>
> >Hi, Folks:
> >
> >I'm emerging from "lurk" mode to ask a question.
> >I've been offered an opportunity to "teach
> >something you haven't been able to since taking
> >the job at your two-year college." A retired
> >colleague has opened a B&B in Maine, and is
> >offering week-long "Fireside Encounters" in
> >various subjects to her guests. I've been asked
> >if I want to do something with Spenser (or
> >Milton), and began salivating at the thought of
> >being able - even in a very limited forum - to
> >chat with folks about The Faerie Queene. A
> >local bookstore is willing to cooperate with
> >books and pricing.
> >
> >I've not ordered Spenser texts for a very long
> >time, hence my query: is there an introductory
> >FQ text that might be appropriate for what I now
> >understand to be something like an
> >"elder-hostel" reader? Would anyone be able to
> >recommend something to me - off-list, so as not
> >to clutter the discussion?
> >
> >If I can't find something non-off-putting, my
> >back-up is selections from Paradise Lost, but
> >I'd rather try Spenser.
> >
> >Thank you in advance!!
> >
> >Allison
> >
> >
> >
> >Dr. Allison S. Bartlett
> >Associate Professor of English
> >Wor-Wic Community College
> >Salisbury, MD 21842
> >[log in to unmask]
> >410/334-2861
> >
>
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