Hi, everyone. I had the pleasure of being in Cork during the solstice; this made me think, of course, of the "Epithalamion." I remember Kent Hieatt's work on the poem and remember that it was discovered that that particular day, when Spenser and Elizabeth Boyle got married, had 16 1/4 hours of daylight. I don't know how different those hours would be today, due to changes, I guess in the earth's rotation, etc. -- but it did not get dark this year until close to 10:30 -- and the sun rose at about 4:30! That is much more daylight than in Spenser's day. I wonder if anyone knows anything about this.
Second topic: I tried to visit Kilcolman Castle. I was at the conference in 1999 and was fortunate to be allowed entrance into the ruins. I've also heard the archeologist speak twice about what he has discovered there. I knew that I wouldn't get access without special permission but thought I could get a glance at Kilcolman. First of all, it was impossible to find. A man at the nearby wildlife sanctuary told us where to stand in order to see it in the distance -- but said that we could not get there because of the electric fences and livestock. So, I did see it, but only from a distance. I was told by someone that there has been controversy because of that sanctuary -- fear that tourism to the Castle might disrupt the environment.
Perhaps Tom Herron can answer my questions about this. The Castle looked so neglected! The odd thing was that there were signs in Doneraile saying "Kilcolman Castle, home of Edmund Spenser" or something like that -- pointing to the direction to take. But the signs soon stopped with no further information. It was hard to find!
And wasn't there some talk about holding the next Spenser conference in Cork?
Thanks, everyone.
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Subject: Re: Upton's Spenser available for free download
None. Zip. Zilch.
I /could /have scanned the 19c Grosart FQ, whose font is acceptable; but
this was 1992 and I was poor; so I typed it. (!!)
What one /can /do is scan (with permission) from a more modern-font text
and then proofread it with a 17c copy in hand.
risa b
John Geraghty wrote:
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> If anyone has had any luck with OCR and 17th century texts, I'd
> appreciate hearing about it.
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