Feb. 16th, 2017
The word was Umbra
Feb. 16th, 2017 12:46 pmThe word was used in
Lancelot du Lethe, J. Robert King 2001
The title stirs things in my mind.
Lethe
Lethe was also the name of the Greek spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, with whom the river, in Hades, was often identified. In Classical Greek, the word lethe literally means "oblivion", "forgetfulness", or "concealment".
Lancelot du Lethe, J. Robert King 2001
The title stirs things in my mind.
Lethe
Lethe was also the name of the Greek spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, with whom the river, in Hades, was often identified. In Classical Greek, the word lethe literally means "oblivion", "forgetfulness", or "concealment".
Procrustean --- editing anyone?
Feb. 16th, 2017 01:57 pmWhile doing so, I felt uneasily procrustean : Here and there limbs of the manuscript needed to be stretched, and elsewhere a protruding foot might be lopped off, if all the episodes were to be edited into a single, coherent, continuous work.
John Callahan, "Afterword: A Note to Scholars," Juneteenth, by Ralph Ellison, 1999
John Callahan, "Afterword: A Note to Scholars," Juneteenth, by Ralph Ellison, 1999