Saturday, April 30, 2011

WOTD: Collops

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As attentive readers will know, I am currently reading C.S. Lewis’s translation of the Aeneid . This, by the way, is really wonderful. Brill...
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Friday, April 29, 2011

Ye, Yea, Yay, Yeah

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Confusion between these is one of my biggest pet peeves. One of my college professors used to read literary passages aloud in class. Here’s ...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Early responses to “Goblin Feet”

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Ah, “Goblin Feet”, that debatable trifle, with its flittermice, beetle-things, gnomes, goblins, golden honey-flies. This short poem, first p...
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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Umlaut and Tolkien

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I suppose the first question, for many of you, is what is umlaut? This is a term people like me throw around a lot, often without stopping t...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

A Description of C.S. Lewis’s Lost Aeneid

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I just received a copy in yesterday’s mail and thought I would offer some description of the book as a public service to those considering o...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Another last-minute conference schedule

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As long-time readers will know, I’ve attended the annual Tolkien conference at the University of Vermont several times (most recently, in 20...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Conference schedule for CSLIS 14

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It’s that time of year again, folks. If you live in the south-central United States, anywhere within a reasonable driving distance of Tulsa,...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Silent Letters in English

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English is reputed to be among the most difficult second languages to acquire, and although my position is a biased one, I’m sure it’s true....
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Friday, March 4, 2011

Lewis’s Lost Aeneid [Updated]

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“Hardly any lawful price would seem to me too high for what I have gained by being made to learn Latin and Greek.” — C.S. Lewis [1] The r...
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