No, no, not that!
Alison, I cant do comedy anyway. And nor would I want it, like that,
unless for something Completely Different.
I was more wondering if a 'modern translation required completely
carrying over what I might call some of the redundancies. But, really,
I dont know....
What to do with the footnote stuff? Yeah, a problem....
& I am enjoying it....
Doug
On 25-Nov-08, at 1:49 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
> 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
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 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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