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Megan K

Megan K

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I go to St. John's College. All reading, all the time.

"It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive." (James Baldwin)
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  • Kristel

    Kristel says

    Welcome to the group based on the book 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. There is a general explanation of the group under the discussion thread Group guidelines. The books of the month (BOTM) that the group is reading are pinned to the top. I hope you will enjoy the group and perhaps join in one or more of the monthly reads. Our February books are The Wind-up Bird Chronicles by Murakami and Of Human Bondage by Maugham. We begin choosing next months books about mid month.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Peach

    Peach says

    Hmm... I’ve been trying to finish the Aeneid for a long time, and I don’t like it as much as the Iliad. For one thing, I think Virgil died before he got to revise the Aeneid, so although he might have been the greatest poet of his time, I’m sure there are passages in it that he would have changed given the chance. Additionally, the Iliad and the Odyssey are stories that were told for the sake of being heard. The Aeneid was supposed to be “serious literature” and I think the actual story is less interesting as a result. And, just personally.... I don’t like Aeneas and I don’t even really see the story as being about him. The Iliad is about the “rage of Achilles,” the Odyssey is about the “man of twists and turns,” but the Aeneid seems to be about the founding of Rome. Aeneas has some good points, but he’s just not as interesting to me as Achilles or Odysseus.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Frabjous Day

    Frabjous Day says

    Please, 'tisn't snark; it's cultivated cantankerousness.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • T. Patrick Snyder

    T. Patrick Snyder says

    I only have three about the history of England.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Andi K

    Andi K says

    Welcome to Classical Re-education, we can't wait to hear what you have to say about the books as we read. Is St. John's that classical college? If so, I wouldn't mind having a list of all your required reading as well.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Jennifer O.

    Jennifer O. says

    Great Baldwin quote.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • T. Patrick Snyder

    T. Patrick Snyder says

    There's a book called, The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction, but it's kind of a summary of all that goes on. The Beginnings of English Society, by Dorothy Whitelock which has some interesting cultural knowledge. The Anglo-Saxons, edited by James Campbell, is all about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England. There are more about the language and literature as well.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • T. Patrick Snyder

    T. Patrick Snyder says

    It´s not going to be the same. There are cultural differences which are good. I have set in a brief time of peace during the reign of Ælfred the Great. It centers on a noble family in the town of Bath, because that was in the Wessex area, which was the standard written dialect of Old English. I´m not going to make it as long as the Ecce Romani series, and I´m doing a bit of cramming, but I can cover all of Old English grammar in one volume, which they really couldn´t do for Latin.

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  • T. Patrick Snyder

    T. Patrick Snyder says

    The Old English era is from the first written forms we have in English (maybe around 700 CE) to 1066 CE, after which it is the considered the Middle English era. That was when the Norman French conquered England.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • T. Patrick Snyder

    T. Patrick Snyder says

    That's because Ecce Romani is awesome. It even inspired me to write a book for Old English in a similar story style!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    Welcome to Better than Starbucks! Look around, make yourself at home, start a new thread or dig up an old one or just read and jump in on the more active ones.

    We are honored to be one of your first groups!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Marie

    Marie says

    I hadn't seen the cover for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" until now. I wonder if it will be like "Shaun of the Dead" (it had better be).

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

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