Re: Housman on σ
Shane Meyer <[email protected]>
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thanks for this. (pleasantly baffled by the phrase “the oxbridge ‘in’ crowd”). lrb did a podcast on housman recently ( https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Flondon-review-podcasts%2Fid510327102%3Fmt%3D2%26i%3D1000420988873&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C966e571d9e124420e5cf08d6c6493ea8%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C636914415217615126&sdata=tbYFxCfCY4QOgeEP%2FP1z9oINajhi5erY5gI5DwR5vBU%3D&reserved=0 ) mostly focused on his verse — but some funny remarks on his classics career. there’s also ezra pound’s great send up to consider: Song in the Manner of Housman O woe, woe, People are born and die, We also shall be dead pretty soon Therefore let us act as if we were Dead already. The bird sits on the hawthorn tree But he dies also, presently. Some lads get hung, and some get shot. Woeful is this human lot. Woe! woe, etcetera . . . . London is a woeful place, Shropshire is much pleasanter. Then let us smile a little space Upon fond nature's morbid grace. Oh, Woe, woe, woe, etcetera . . . . Le sam. 20 avr. 2019 à 16:53, Owen Cramer <[email protected]> a écrit : > If he had made it ϲ (lunate) he'd have been really on the money! > Apparently, in a recent book on Housman, there's a choice to use medial > sigma, as Housman does in the quote here, rather than final or lunate as > the reviewer at > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F19989288%2FScholiaRev_n.s._20_2011_14_David_Butterfield_and_Christopher_Stray_eds._A._E._Housman_Classical_scholar_&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C966e571d9e124420e5cf08d6c6493ea8%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636914415217625135&sdata=%2BmoYr7be7GayiT80NXiVrw7Tp%2BZ9fYoFmvzHpEhkGOk%3D&reserved=0 > would prefer. Maybe something to pursue? > OC > -----Original Message----- > From: Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group <[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Shane Meyer > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 2:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Housman on σ > > This email originated outside Colorado College. Do not click links or > attachments unless you know the content is safe. > > > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fsentantiq%2Fstatus%2F1119676367895920640%3Fs%3D21&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C966e571d9e124420e5cf08d6c6493ea8%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636914415217625135&sdata=lsZZllCf%2Fp%2FU4G7rMcdqu%2Bfp%2Fih47Z9dhAYqw5Pw6uQ%3D&reserved=0 >