Re: [acornlive] New rules on Acorn Interactive

Marc Goldin (acornlive@dublinwriters.org)
Fri, 02 Mar 2001 05:28:49 -0800 

 Hi Ailish,
        Actually, the class, which was just a four session seminar, has
finished. It was taught by a fellow named Bill Dumbleton, a retired English
professor, specializing in Irish lit. It was a wonderful class, and we got
as far into it as four sessions would allow, looking at structure of
Anglo-Saxon poetry and so forth (alliterative use, meter, rhythm,etc.).
        It really is a beautiful translation and one has to appreciate the
mind numbing work that went into it on Heaney's part. It seemed to breathe
new life into the poem.
                                                                            
                                                            Best,
                                                                            
                                                                    Marc    




At 02:05 PM 2/27/01 +0000, you wrote:
>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
>
>
><                                                              Marc Goldin
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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
><  >
><  >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.
><  >
><  >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.
><  >
><  >Please contact me if you want to participate in the forum - I hope 
><  >you do
><  >
><  >all the best
><  >
><  >Nessa O'Mahony
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