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Benny Bunter replied to the thread Poetry.That's sad, I really liked her. Wanted to get one of her books on Wallace Stevens but they're too expensive now. Her book on... -
Mild coincidence I was looking up some helen vendler lectures the other day and turns out she died the other day...
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread Poetry.An old french word for a type of arrow fired from a crossbow apparently
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread 1994 was 30 years ago.
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread Poetry.Check out the difference between Chapman's and Pope's versions:
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread Poetry.Just finished Chapman's Iliad. Loved the long free-flowing lines that manage to pack in so much without becoming clogged up, every...
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread Suspended's Poetry Apprenticeship.But you're reading a book about poetry, wouldn't it be better to read the actual poetry itself first?
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread Suspended's Poetry Apprenticeship.Invest in a few of these https://www.dissensus.com/threads/16531/
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Oh don't get me wrong I'm sure it's good When you're that young nothing could be more hideously boring than a bunch of toothless...
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I did Return of the Native and at first I was bored then when I realised that the "pizzle" that the rustics were tossing at each other...
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread what are you reading now?.Yeah that's pretty much what I did with most of them, you'd get those York Notes books and they would get you through no problem. .
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread what are you reading now?.I quite liked the Thomas Hardys I read especially Tess, but pretty depressing. His poetry's really where it's at though.
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread what are you reading now?.You could actually get away with just reading a few chapters though to pass the exam, same with the shakespeare we 'read' - bit of a...
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread what are you reading now?.I think I read p&p at school or maybe just after, don't remember now. For A levels we did wuthering heights mayor of casterbridge and...
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Benny Bunter replied to the thread what are you reading now?.I picked up a copy of Emma the other day coincidentally. might give it a bash when I'm finished with the Iliad. I thought P&P was...
