tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post7000160773596230457..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The perils and foibles of memoryJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-48539592044862438532008-09-20T00:53:00.000-04:002008-09-20T00:53:00.000-04:00I'm so glad you finally found it - or that Dylan f...I'm so glad you finally found it - or that Dylan found it for you!<BR/><BR/>Now, memorize...McKoalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-34394633915014742352008-09-18T22:29:00.000-04:002008-09-18T22:29:00.000-04:00Interesting that T.S. Eliot would plagiarize Dame ...Interesting that T.S. Eliot would plagiarize Dame Julian of Norwich. But then Edna Saint-Vincent Milay was not above plagiarizing Shakespeare. Speaking of whom, are you sure he is not the one about whom you are thinking ("that undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns")Steve Stubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051363877066768708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30498864156390877852008-09-18T13:39:00.000-04:002008-09-18T13:39:00.000-04:00My grandmother grew up in a time when "rote memori...My grandmother grew up in a time when "rote memorization" was considered the way to teach and learn. She died at age 107 with nary a hint of dementia, and could rattle off an amazing number of poems and snippets of literature up until the very end. Memorizing things may not have been what kept her so sharp, but she certainly loved being able to "read" her favorite poems when her eyes failed her.Elissa Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727748060605823895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-40561495372709780212008-09-18T13:31:00.000-04:002008-09-18T13:31:00.000-04:00You had us running in circles looking for that pas...You had us running in circles looking for that passage. Glad you found it!Sandra Cormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231342310371529022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-81121625806950630382008-09-18T12:28:00.000-04:002008-09-18T12:28:00.000-04:00beautiful poem and by the way..you were great fun ...beautiful poem and by the way..you were great fun at the roast :)peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915565997583564023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80457257186789601612008-09-18T11:31:00.000-04:002008-09-18T11:31:00.000-04:00Susan- Eliot is a favorite of mine, also, and I to...Susan- Eliot is a favorite of mine, also, and I too had memorize and stand and recite.<BR/><BR/>This isn't one I knew, though. It's wonderful!Robin Lemkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254896327174187893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62216525199187535642008-09-18T11:16:00.000-04:002008-09-18T11:16:00.000-04:00Yeah, T.S. and Tennessee came to Edwardsville Illi...Yeah, <BR/><BR/>T.S. and Tennessee came to Edwardsville Illinois, where I grew up - accross the River, for inspiration!<BR/><BR/>Haste yee back ;-)Haste yee back ;-)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00345715370509449971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-10399067934809436512008-09-18T11:00:00.000-04:002008-09-18T11:00:00.000-04:00T.S Eliot grew up in St. Louis where I went to hig...T.S Eliot grew up in St. Louis where I went to high school! Also the hometown of Tennessee Williams ^_^Sabina E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14679639206346030919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-18604700099836240872008-09-18T09:05:00.000-04:002008-09-18T09:05:00.000-04:00When I went to school *mumblecough* years ago, we ...When I went to school *mumblecough* years ago, we were forced to memorise the poetry, Shakespeare passages, all sorts of literary gems that we didn't appreciate then.<BR/><BR/>Now my kids are that age and older, but I can still rattle off many of those poems that have become favourites. I've been very very grateful for that at times, much more grateful than the moaning teenager I was, who sat in English class hating the teacher for cruelty! <BR/><BR/>Eliot's always been a favourite.<BR/>Thanks for sharing this one.Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-36379342325301992992008-09-18T03:33:00.000-04:002008-09-18T03:33:00.000-04:00It wasn't the Iliad, the passage about Diomede...It wasn't the Iliad, the passage about Diomede? Traveler in an unknown land? That is what I thought of first of all. It gets translated all kinds of ways, like Stranger in a Strange Land and so on. Indiana Jones's father quotes it when they're amongst the Nazis, too. <BR/><BR/>http://books.google.com/books?id=5GYNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=%22traveler+in+an+unknown+land%22&source=web&ots=ism-rGpAXB&sig=Rf0Ttxs49GDnWkK66V7Gr4lTX0M&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=resultEmma Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257426229151990033noreply@blogger.com