tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post7811871341246649959..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: One thing you didn't know about Flavia (not quite a meme)Flaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-64287133738263640532007-02-04T18:05:00.000-05:002007-02-04T18:05:00.000-05:00So I hope you're teaching ... The Iliad, The Pelop...So I hope you're teaching ... <i>The Iliad</i>, <i>The Peloponnesian Wars</i>, <i>Lysistrata</i>, maybe <i>The Persians</i>, <i>The Gallic Wars</i>, a little Josephus?, <i>Roland</i>, <i>Henry V</i>, <i>Richard III</i>, <i>Cymbeline</i>, OH! and a bunch of Napoleonic war stuff ... or maybe bits of Thackeray (<i>Barry Lyndon</i> and <i>Vanity Fair</i>, Maybe even <i>War and Peace</i>, and <i>Simplicissimus</i> ... and then lots of WWI poets???Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-17961109043407236082007-01-30T00:47:00.000-05:002007-01-30T00:47:00.000-05:00Right there with you!Right there with you!Ancrene Wiseasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02075637582360688845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-81544435271400629922007-01-29T18:01:00.000-05:002007-01-29T18:01:00.000-05:00chiming in late, here, but i too love war movies (...chiming in late, here, but i too love war movies (maybe not so much with the literature); i.e., i have man-type tastes and am a lady. i also like ranch dressing!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772925856937257317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-70579217216895098062007-01-24T00:38:00.000-05:002007-01-24T00:38:00.000-05:00Damn, you guys--these are all such good suggestion...Damn, you guys--these are all such good suggestions!<br /><br />Unfortunately, the class isn't <i>about</i> war literature in the way that I'd like it to be; rather, that's the organizing principle for my section of what is, actually, our sophomore-level, intro-to-the-major course. So we're reading great stuff, but rather less of it than I would otherwise assign.<br /><br />Maybe some year in the future, though.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-38446507793006023442007-01-23T14:39:00.000-05:002007-01-23T14:39:00.000-05:00even Heinlein, Haldeman, Card and other sf war lit...even Heinlein, Haldeman, Card and other sf war lit?The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-88304037271823606432007-01-23T13:59:00.000-05:002007-01-23T13:59:00.000-05:00Hey - this sounds like a great class! Teaching an...Hey - this sounds like a great class! Teaching any Elaine Scarry?<br /><br />Enjoy (*bang! bang!*)medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278854285443306227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-43349733237453831412007-01-22T15:41:00.000-05:002007-01-22T15:41:00.000-05:00Flavia:
Pat Barker's WWI trilogy? Faboo. Also D...Flavia:<br /><br />Pat Barker's WWI trilogy? Faboo. Also Doctorow's recent The March, on Sherman's march through Georgia.<br /><br />have fun, girl,<br /><br />TRTenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-61156430784698253892007-01-22T13:36:00.000-05:002007-01-22T13:36:00.000-05:00Whereas I hate it -- what with war being hell and ...Whereas I hate it -- what with war being hell and all -- except when it comes to the Civil War, when I get all excited. Although even then I prefer the homefront stuff to the actual battlefield descriptions.<br /><br />Enjoy your class!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-80604862312274077902007-01-22T13:20:00.000-05:002007-01-22T13:20:00.000-05:00ooo and Britton's War Requiem? and Chris Hedges' b...ooo and Britton's War Requiem? and Chris Hedges' book _War is a force that gives us meaning_?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-88359275447249203452007-01-22T10:02:00.000-05:002007-01-22T10:02:00.000-05:00I love war literature -- and movies and poetry and...I love war literature -- and movies and poetry and paintings and artifacts and locations. The Imperial War Museum is one of my favorite places in London. One of my best units when I was teaching high school was the one I created on WWI (All Quiet on the Western Front, clips from movies, poetry by Owen and Sassoon). When I was about 12, the family vacation was a tour of Civil War battlefields (I couldn't have been happier). I've always wondered what this says about me...phd mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708857060614302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-72133699399551602332007-01-21T22:42:00.000-05:002007-01-21T22:42:00.000-05:00Ooohh, I hope you're teaching Tamburlaine which is...Ooohh, I hope you're teaching <i>Tamburlaine</i> which is my favorite war play of all time!Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-78693226335054400642007-01-21T22:00:00.000-05:002007-01-21T22:00:00.000-05:00Seems like an appropriate title to me.Seems like an appropriate title to me.RageyOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03690295219089454070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-78637344486024549142007-01-21T21:24:00.000-05:002007-01-21T21:24:00.000-05:00I love it! I often include the incredibly craptas...I love it! I often include the incredibly craptastic Mel Gibson film "The Patriot" because it is such a naked piece of ideology. No way could I keep that up for an entire semester.<br /><br />You're a woman of mystery...kfluffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067013188119828400noreply@blogger.com