I know you were Barry, it was a joke : 'and even Homer nods' comes if memory
serves from Pope's 'Essay on Criticism', I might be citing the wrong work
but Pope is a source for that phrase, although whether as originator or
populariser I don't know.
On 24 March 2010 14:49, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Actually, I was referencing the Greek poet. I'm uncertain who first said
> he "nods" in an attempt to describe how Homer doesn't always write at a
> "great" level, but I believe I heard the words exit Donald Finkel's mouth
> when I was 19. To be distinguished from, "Who nodded out after shooting up
> a dose of Delmore Schwartz?"
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> Barry
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> David Bircumshaw wrote:
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> And Marge yawns
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> (I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist that any longer)
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> On 23 March 2010 16:34, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > "Homer nods . . ."
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> > Barry Alpert
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