tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post8779868506731732779..comments2024-03-11T16:29:13.619-05:00Comments on Lingwë - Musings of a Fish: One more obscure referenceJason Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-68629668332281603092011-10-11T14:45:03.055-05:002011-10-11T14:45:03.055-05:00I have found the very same quotation in Lewis'...I have found the very same quotation in Lewis' essay "De audiendis poetis" in "Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature" (edited by Walter Hooper). Although Hooper declares in the preface that Lewis "almost always quoted from memory" and thus he had to correct some quotations there is no reference attached to the above one.Yannick Weilerhttp://www.georgetown-band.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-1368997865016574752011-09-16T06:19:39.176-05:002011-09-16T06:19:39.176-05:00Andy, yes, that’s right. Thanks for the reminder! ...Andy, yes, that’s right. Thanks for the reminder! Lewis definitely had direct, first-hand knowledge of the libretto. And even though the episode to which Carpenter refers took place decades before <i>An Experiment in Criticism</i> was published, Lewis had a prodigious and probably eidetic memory.<br /><br />Thanks for your vote as well, Renée. Nice to see there are some more Wagner fans out there, both you and Andy. I daresay you two are exactly the type of reader at whom Lewis’s untranslated, unattributed paraphrase was aimed. :)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-42258050237092675642011-09-16T03:03:18.518-05:002011-09-16T03:03:18.518-05:00As soon as I read the quote I thought "Wotan!...As soon as I read the quote I thought "Wotan! Die Walküre!" I don't think you need to look any further. This is a pivotal point in the Ring cycle: from that point onwards Wotan's power to influence events is on the wane; he has realised the Earth goddess Erda was right when she announced that "Alles was ist, endet", all that is, ends, and instead of resisting, now he resigns.<br /><br />Renée Vink<br /><br />RenéeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-37808240921494862792011-09-15T03:45:41.781-05:002011-09-15T03:45:41.781-05:00Jason
Makes sense to me and we know from Carpent...Jason <br /><br />Makes sense to me and we know from Carpenter that Tolkien and Lewis stayed up all night reading the libretto of Die Walkure and, according to Tolkien's daughter, Lewis and Tolkien attended Wagner's Ring at Covent Garden and were the only two not dressed "correcrly" (good for them). i love Wotan's monologue in Act 2 so much being told about past, present, and future (first time we hear of Hagen/Alberich's son). I can sing it pretty well (to CD's that is). Das Ende Das Ende is one of the most moving parts in the whole cycle I think.<br /><br />Cheers AndyAndrew Higginshttp://www.wotanselvishmusingsblogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com