Comments on: Coming Next Week – The Return of Writer Wednesday!

By: Tia

Tia — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:36:44 +0000

I read the condensed version in Bulfinch’s Mythology. But I did read Beowulf and The Wayfarer in high school. I read The Odyssey on my own. Still need to get through The Iliad.

By: Anne Elizabeth Baldwin

Anne Elizabeth Baldwin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:39:15 +0000

{Burst of Laughter} Oh Raven, that’s great! I haven’t read that particular story, but I’ve read others that had the same problem! {BIG GRIN, REALLY BIG GRIN}

Anne Elizabeth Baldwin

By: Raven

Raven — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:27:08 +0000

Speaking of epic poems, I’ll never forget reading the Chanson de Roland in a college French class. At one point during the main battle Roland was about to blow his horn for help, but since the structure of the poem called for a lot of repetition, we got three stanzas of Roland proclaiming, “I shall blow the horn!” in various ways. Good thing his enemies didn’t creep up on him while he was making these proclamations.

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:26:14 +0000

It just occurred to me . . . this is NaNoWriMo. Might not be a good time of the year to have a writing discussion. Will bring this up with my guest author.

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:37:19 +0000

Ooh, I want to read that. I love epic poems too. Such a different way of telling stories.

I have Robert Fagles’ translation of The Oddessy and The Illiad, and I need to complete the set with The Anaeid.

By: superwench83

superwench83 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:11:23 +0000

I'm reading The Nibelungenlied, an epic poem written by an unknown author at the turn of the 12th and 13th century. It's pretty good so far. I've always loved epics. I think I was the only person in my high school World Lit class who actually liked The Oddessy.