I wish I could respond to these posts with more thoughtfulness, but I'm swimming in papers (my own & students'). I think I know what you mean abotu Spenser and that's one thing I love about him. He develops so many repeated rhyme words--at ends of lines and internal rhyme--in certain situations (not quite along the lines of Pope's breeze and trees, but almost), such as "ground" and "drownd" and "drowsy", "swowne" etc. that one is invited to sort through these disparate situations while allowing them dizzily to blend into one. The brighter the merrier.
I've never read Wieland but feel like I've offended my Americanist colleagues by not having done so. I should get to it in the next few years.
I taught Galatea last spring. It was an amazing experience; students loved the role of the messenger, the weird sexuality, and I really liked teaching the last 10 pages or so.
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Date: 2006-10-11 11:32 pm (UTC)I've never read Wieland but feel like I've offended my Americanist colleagues by not having done so. I should get to it in the next few years.
I taught Galatea last spring. It was an amazing experience; students loved the role of the messenger, the weird sexuality, and I really liked teaching the last 10 pages or so.
Glad to hear about the Beckett!