Quite possibly, Doug. "Listen up, dudes, I heard this cool story..."
I'm presently in one of those bits, between Grendel's death and his
mother turning up, that reminds me a little of Terry Pratchett's dwarf
song: Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold. Kinging must have been a
very expensive past time, what with all the gifting and barding and
quaffing. All the subterranean politics too, that presumes audience
knowledge of stories that are now completely obscure, ironies that
would have been apprehended in its time but now need footnotes - what
do you do with that? If you were making a poem of it, there would be a
temptation to cut.
On the other hand, I'm a little tired of the fashion that
contemporises epic poems so the abyss between then and now is
erased...tho I guess it makes them more friendly... there's probably
some kind of balance somewhere.
In the meantime, I'd be happy to get to the end.
xA
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:50 AM, Douglas Barbour
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> And it's been fun so far, Alison. Although I could see a possibility of
> editing a bit into a more contemporary vocalization?
>
> Just some small cuts here & there eventually?
>
> Doug
> On 24-Nov-08, at 2:46 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
>
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