Thanks Doug - no, I don't know Steiner's essay. But you're right, what
a great and apposite title!
All best
Alison
On 2/17/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Fascinating review, Alison. Have you read George Steiner's fine essay,
> with one of the great titles, 'On Dante: The Gossip of Eternity'? I've
> always loved the concept of 'gossip' as a driving force for all the
> 'revenge' you point to there....
>
> Doug
> On 15-Feb-07, at 11:26 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
>
> > Fwiw - my review of Barbara Reynolds' huge book on Dante was broadcast
> > today on ABC Radio. Online at
> > http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2007/1849489.htm
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Alison
> >
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> the precision of openness
> is not a vagueness
> it is an accumulation
> cumulous
>
> bpNichol
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