tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post116061286422390461..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: ImagesK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1160779764290829862006-10-13T18:49:00.000-04:002006-10-13T18:49:00.000-04:00Ha ha -- no, Bobby -- I am wrong. I mistyped it ev...Ha ha -- no, Bobby -- I am wrong. I mistyped it even with the cover staring right at me! Hee hee. Ah well, nothing like looking a right idiot, eh?<BR/><BR/>You shoudl definitely re-read SGGK. It's all about appearance -- and Gawain's discomfort with that knowledge. The red and green of the holly bob repeat and intertwine throughout the poem. There's just so much to say -- a blog post isn't eough. Well, a really really long post...C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1160773885633659732006-10-13T17:11:00.000-04:002006-10-13T17:11:00.000-04:00I blogged this posting over on Discourse Chronicle...I blogged this posting over on Discourse Chronicle, but when I referenced the cover, Amazon names its translator as W.S. Merwin. I assume it is wrong?Bobby Kuechenmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04990962978897963228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1160773387217277782006-10-13T17:03:00.000-04:002006-10-13T17:03:00.000-04:00"All too often people look at the Middle Ages as "..."All too often people look at the Middle Ages as "Dark Ages" of ignorance and superstition -- when all you have to do is read some of the texts to find a world much like our own."<BR/><BR/>A colleague who studies Early Modern as her area recently reprimanded me at dinner for drawing a similar conclusion. I deserved it =)Bobby Kuechenmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04990962978897963228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1160773244043743352006-10-13T17:00:00.000-04:002006-10-13T17:00:00.000-04:00Kate, I remember reading _Sir Gawain and the Green...Kate, I remember reading _Sir Gawain and the Green Knight_ as a sophomore in college, but I never thought about its imagery. However, now I am interested since one of my areas is visual rhetoric. Thanks!Bobby Kuechenmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04990962978897963228noreply@blogger.com