Re: [acornlive] New rules on Acorn Interactive
ailishf@eircom.net (acornlive@dublinwriters.org)
Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:05:35 +0000
Hi Marc,
I'm reading Beowulf at the moment and (although no authority on the text)love the sheer beauty of Heaney's translation. His language is wonderful:down-to-earth, mythical, startlingly gentle...it all seems possible. Where are you taking the class?
--Ailish
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< P.S I've recently been taking a short class reading Heaney's translation of
< Beowulf and wondered if anyone has thoughts positive or negative on it.
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< At 10:03 AM 2/25/01 -0000, you wrote:
< >Dear friends
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< >This is just a note to inform you of a new rule change to our virtual
< >poetry workshop at http://www.dublinwriters.org/discus/index.html.
< >Because of the recent spate of unpleasant and offensive postings,
< >I've decided to restrict the poetry workshop to members only. To
< >become a member, I have to add you as a user, so you need to
< >email me with a request to join. Any member who exhibits "anti-
< >social" behavious will be immediately removed from the list and will
< >be unable to post.
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< >I hate taking such an authoritarian approach, but the atmosphere of
< >the workshop had really soured recently due to anonymous
< >(sometimes not so anonymous) postings that had very little to do
< >with objective poetry criticism.
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< >Please contact me if you want to participate in the forum - I hope
< >you do
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< >all the best
< >
< >Nessa O'Mahony
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