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Jan. 5th, 2012 01:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kate_schaeferMy favorite critical sentence in the past random bit of time:
"Naturally, the two poets discussed their differences in the measured tones typically assumed by great artists, which is to say, Quevedo wrote a sonnet making fun of Góngora's nose."
-- David Orr, in "Ways of Saying," a review in the December 11, 2011, New York Times, of Edith Grosman's translation of The Solitudes, by Luis de Góngora
"Naturally, the two poets discussed their differences in the measured tones typically assumed by great artists, which is to say, Quevedo wrote a sonnet making fun of Góngora's nose."
-- David Orr, in "Ways of Saying," a review in the December 11, 2011, New York Times, of Edith Grosman's translation of The Solitudes, by Luis de Góngora
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Date: 2012-01-06 02:15 am (UTC)http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/review/the-solitudes-by-luis-de-gongora-book-review.html
I picked up a copy of this book in September when Borders was going out of business -- 60% off, which I couldn't resist. Have always been curious about it, as de Góngora's epic was the point of departure for John Crowley in writing the Ægypt Cycle.
Also, I just read through the Joanna Russ tribute section of the new Chunga, and really liked your contribution. Thanks too for helping me with mine.
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Date: 2012-01-06 03:45 am (UTC)What did you think of the Solitudes? Or is it still in your to-be-read stack?