On Apr 25, 2005, at 5:53 AM, David Wilson-Okamura wrote:
> If we're talking about "How do you make a real hexameter?" then of
> course we should all agree with M. L. West. (R.I.P. We shall not see
> his
> like again.) But that's not the relevant question. Instead, we need to
> ask, "How did Spenser and Sidney and the whole gang of metrical vandals
> _think_ you make a dactylic hexameter?" To answer that, you do what
> Attridge did: you find the books that they read, and see how _those
> books_ explained the meter. Even if they were wrong! Which they were,
> about a lot of things!
Just a short note before I return later to literary numerology. Unless
he's passed away in the last 24 hours, M. L. West is still quite alive
at All Soul's as Professor Emeritus. His web site lists no death
notice. I can find nothing in the British press about it.
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