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With posthumous apologies to Marshall, that should have been "Arminianism," not "Arianism." HH On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Hannibal Hamlin <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Very sad news. I'd only just heard of his illness and sent and email that > he will never read. Conversations with Marshall at the Folger were always > informative, stimulating, and fun. He had a wonderfully mischievous wit, a > Juvenalian perspective on the world that was balanced with, perhaps also the > result of, a genuine zeal for reform. I remember being surprised, and also > not, to learn of his writing for the Huffington Post. Marshall had a cynical > veneer but a real passion underneath. I remember bumping into him outside > the Folger one day, and he held me on the sidewalk for almost an hour, > telling me with excitement about his latest thoughts on Milton and Arianism. > He'll be missed by many. > > Hannibal > > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:50 PM, David Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Friends, >> >> Marshall Grossman died this afternoon after losing a four-month battle >> with cancer. >> >> If you knew him only by his work, and by the wit of his occasional >> contributions to this list, then you knew a lot. He was a brilliant >> critic. But those of us who knew him personally saw how the wit and >> brilliant mind were always in play. Marshall could talk to you about >> anything--politics, history, jazz, the more abstruse reaches of theory. He >> could make you laugh hard and think harder. His table talk at the Folger >> lives in legend. >> >> To know him well enough was to see an underlying sweetness to his >> disposition that expressed itself mostly by indirection. He was an >> incredibly kind man beneath the sometimes sardonic, wise-guy persona. He >> was as good a friend as I have known. >> >> Marshall was beloved by many who read this list, and will be deeply >> missed. >> >> Sadly, >> >> David >> >> -- >> David Lee Miller >> Carolina Distinguished Professor of English >> and Comparative Literature >> Director, Center for Digital Humanities >> University of South Carolina >> Columbia, SC 29208 >> (803) 777-4256 >> FAX 777-9064 >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/people/pages/miller.html >> >> > > > -- > Hannibal Hamlin > Associate Professor of English > Editor, Reformation > Organizer, The King James Bible and its Cultural Afterlife > http://kingjamesbible.osu.edu/ > The Ohio State University > 164 West 17th Ave., 421 Denney Hall > Columbus, OH 43210-1340 > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > -- Hannibal Hamlin Associate Professor of English Editor, Reformation Organizer, The King James Bible and its Cultural Afterlife http://kingjamesbible.osu.edu/ The Ohio State University 164 West 17th Ave., 421 Denney Hall Columbus, OH 43210-1340 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]