tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post5998919263158718833..comments2024-03-29T06:31:11.882-04:00Comments on Field and Fen: Magna Carta, BloomsdayBoudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-43079646802411030332021-06-18T18:33:09.584-04:002021-06-18T18:33:09.584-04:00That should probably have read EurocentricThat should probably have read EurocentricBoudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-47284703332749584532021-06-18T18:23:38.125-04:002021-06-18T18:23:38.125-04:00They're both pretty Europecentric when you com...They're both pretty Europecentric when you come to think about it.Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-560240440895081182021-06-18T18:18:59.113-04:002021-06-18T18:18:59.113-04:00Not able to contribute to this particular discussi...Not able to contribute to this particular discussion, not having seen the Magna Carta OR read Ulysses or anything by Joyce. Sadly lacking in my education, quite obviously.Magpie's Mumblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852241848575954128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-59901851722043443972021-06-17T12:06:16.350-04:002021-06-17T12:06:16.350-04:00I think that was the aspiration, yes. Not exactly ...I think that was the aspiration, yes. Not exactly what ensued. I have to look up Magna Carta Dame.Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-80399465151430364882021-06-17T10:06:15.611-04:002021-06-17T10:06:15.611-04:00My maternal grandmother was a Magna Carta Dame but...My maternal grandmother was a Magna Carta Dame but I do not know from whom...I was taught that this document helped cement England from a series of warring factions to a nation in which citizens had some political power though that may not be precisely correct.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-56816772698066428532021-06-16T22:02:54.068-04:002021-06-16T22:02:54.068-04:00So true! At least Sylvia survived the war. She was...So true! At least Sylvia survived the war. She was featured in Ken Burns' recent Hemingway documentary, which was nice.Gabriella Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332053035849562689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-69549128870239826482021-06-16T18:48:51.011-04:002021-06-16T18:48:51.011-04:00We owe her. Stream of consciousness writing, see a...We owe her. Stream of consciousness writing, see also Virginia Woolf, is the driving force behind a great deal of modern literature. It's like a mighty gate swung open. You have to open your mind to it, in order to get the benefit. It's worth the unaccustomed exerise!Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-9006765159940455022021-06-16T18:38:19.726-04:002021-06-16T18:38:19.726-04:00Happy Bloomsday and much appreciation for Sylvia B...Happy Bloomsday and much appreciation for Sylvia Beach who first published "Ulysses" when the establishment wouldn't!Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-34224319037720785482021-06-16T18:25:32.424-04:002021-06-16T18:25:32.424-04:00Alas, gratitude isn't a given with male genius...Alas, gratitude isn't a given with male genius. Taken for granted.Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-35777131750250676062021-06-16T17:50:34.013-04:002021-06-16T17:50:34.013-04:00There are apparently a number of copies of Magna C...There are apparently a number of copies of Magna Carta and a few years ago, one of them toured across Canada. I went to see it, English and legal history nerd that I am.<br /><br />James Joyce treated Sylvia Beach horribly, despite everything she did for him and his career. He was a right little prick apparently. Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-85302988075870112602021-06-16T17:21:22.013-04:002021-06-16T17:21:22.013-04:00I think there are many people who can say that!I think there are many people who can say that!Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-80252710311504139962021-06-16T17:09:17.688-04:002021-06-16T17:09:17.688-04:00I tried! I tried! Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882722634065183364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-45672913050273920332021-06-16T16:32:46.003-04:002021-06-16T16:32:46.003-04:00We had this discussion last year, I think. Such a ...We had this discussion last year, I think. Such a mistake to try to teach a difficult, many layered work, filled with jokes far beyond students. I think it's better to study something like Dubliners, more accessible to that level.<br /><br />It's really one of the funniest books. All my Irish<br />-mix family jokes and references show up all over the place. Greek myth, history, religion, clerical hypocrisy, it's endless. And worth finishing one of these days.Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-47934588101992417632021-06-16T16:09:06.123-04:002021-06-16T16:09:06.123-04:00I have actually read the entire book because we we...I have actually read the entire book because we were studying Joyce at school. Of course that ruined it for me and I will never ever even attempt to read it now. Mary Ann Tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064111648107079739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-42379652493604627392021-06-16T14:44:14.161-04:002021-06-16T14:44:14.161-04:00if that's a typical selection then no wonder t...if that's a typical selection then no wonder the establishment wouldn't publish it.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.com