"...I always resist the “classics is impractical” line that people love to come up with when they are critical of the higher study of these fields. You can study accounting. It's authentically practical in one way. But when your father dies, your accounting degree is not going to help you at all to process that … Continue reading Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey
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Where to Start With James Joyce
"But with this month marking the centenary of Ulysses and 140 years since Joyce’s birth, perhaps now really is the time to familiarise or re-familiarise yourself with the influential modernist writer."-Justin Jordan, "Where to start with: James Joyce." theguardian.com. February 18, 2022. The only Joyce I have read was Ulysses in tandem with Stuart Gilbert's … Continue reading Where to Start With James Joyce
Emily Wilson on Translations and Language – Conversations with Tyler
"I think Homer is psychologically truthful and ethically helpful. The whole question about, 'Is it literature’s job or poetry’s job to train a politician?' — I’m not sure that’s quite the right way to see it. By inhabiting worldviews which aren’t our own, we can grow in some way, which doesn’t necessarily have to be, 'I agree … Continue reading Emily Wilson on Translations and Language – Conversations with Tyler
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