Literature


Homer and Genesis, the subjunctive and the indicative

David asked me to talk about the first 10 chapters of the Bible, and I’ll try to lay some things out, think a little about Leela’s discussion last week, and end by thinking a little about Erich Auerbach’s Mimesis, particularly the famous chapter “Odysseus’s Scar,” which compares the narrative styles of Genesis and Homer’s Iliad.
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Cesarotti, Ossian, and the Folk Compilation

Review: Cesarotti, Melchiore. “Historical and Critical Dissertation, Respecting the Controversy on the Authenticity of Ossian’s Poems.” Translated by John M’Arthur. In The Poems of Ossian. Vol. 3, 293–331. New York: AMS Press Inc, 1975. Originally published in Robert MacFarlan, trans., The Poems of Ossian (London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1807).
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