tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post1372982408389363931..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Towards a Restless Medieval StudiesCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-81024081416129511312008-04-26T06:31:00.000-04:002008-04-26T06:31:00.000-04:00Thanks, Kofi. I also love that about Wallace's Pre...Thanks, Kofi. I also love that about Wallace's Premodern Places, a book I've read cover to cover twice and return to every now and then just to glean something else. I think it's his best work ... and with his record, that is REALLY saying something. The introduction of the personal works well; even small things, like the glimpses of his brother, add to the total effect.<BR/><BR/>Steve, the panel is (of course) at 8.30 on Sunday. I'm with you -- no time was innocent. But the panel's opening remarks will suggest that they seemed more innocent, opening a space for fun scholarship ... until 9/11 intervened to teach us how serious the world in fact is. Needless to say that narrative echoes with one invoked by some religious commentators after the event, and I don't buy it.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-54325772964883271342008-04-25T16:53:00.000-04:002008-04-25T16:53:00.000-04:00Very interesting -- when is that panel?But I must ...Very interesting -- when is that panel?<BR/><BR/>But I must say that I have a hard time seeing the 90s or any other period of time as "more innocent."Steve Muhlbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136005762428407135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-77844246449458639332008-04-25T14:49:00.000-04:002008-04-25T14:49:00.000-04:00Very nice Jeffrey, and a great taste of what I've ...Very nice Jeffrey, and a great taste of what I've always respected most about your work - the insistence on process and openness and the "mobility" of scholarship, rather than hardcore convictions and final pronouncements. Also, your recognition of the need to take risks, something we scholars do too rarely. That's one of the things I loved about Wallace's book - what guts, to spend pages analyzing a poem in a language he doesn't understand, to make a point about the residual traces left by other languages and cultures!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com