I have no idea, David. But I do think we should call this Laocoonian
pedagogics, although of course it was the sea serpents who did the
teaching. It's a neat phrase because both the hero *and* the reader get
entangled. Anne Prescott.
> Untitled StationeryI'm wondering if anyone on the list can help me
> remember
> the forgotten source of a well-remembered quote. Someone, somewhere, has
> written that Spenser's poetic method can be described as "teaching by
> entangling." The phrase stuck, but the source didn't. Anybody recognize
> it?
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