David L. Miller wrote:
> Speaking of the list, a couple of queries: why no numbers for the
> Odyssey? Do your number for the FQ include the Mutability Cantos? both
> endings to Book 3?
As of five minutes ago, there were 12,109 lines in the Greek text of the
Odyssey.
FQ numbers are more complicated. The total I gave came from a computer
line-count that was posted here several years ago. However, digging
around in my FQ notecards I find a canto-by-canto tabulation that I did
a year or two ago (I don't remember why), and this produces some
different totals, as follows.
Stanza and line totals:
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FQ I-III (1590) 1993 stanzas 17937 lines
FQ I-VI (1596) 3732 33588
Mut. (1609) 116 1044
Total (1596+1609) 3848 34632
Total number of Spenserian stanzas written for FQ (including 3 stanzas
discarded from 1590 text of FQ 3.12) = 3851 (34659 lines).
If one includes the 4-line legenda that preface every canto except 7.8,
the line counts go up:
FQ I-III (1590) 18081 lines
FQ I-VI (1596) 33876
Mut. (1609) 1052
Total (1596+1609) 34928
Total lines published including discarded stanzas from 1590: 34955. But
when asked "How long is the FQ?" I will from this day forward answer
"34,928 lines long."
P.S. I put the stanza counts in a spreadsheet to do the math. If anyone
wants it, email me privately at [log in to unmask] and I will send it as
an attachment.
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