tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post8229893736827959987..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: The Chaucer Blog BookCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1858003949271758102010-06-14T05:29:06.734-04:002010-06-14T05:29:06.734-04:00See also anything published in Speculum by Roberta...See also anything published in <i>Speculum</i> by Roberta Frank, I would add! Deadly serious and throwaway playful at the same time, not an easy trick.<br /><br />I am still so annoyed not to have been in time to grab a copy of the book while I could have strong-armed (er, wrong word, sorry) Brantley into signing it for me. Now I shall have to acquire one at Leeds and then ship it to Somona with a begging letter assembled from cut-out newsprint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-27402399266174706502010-06-10T13:35:22.324-04:002010-06-10T13:35:22.324-04:00Thank you for this discussion! I'm glad you li...Thank you for this discussion! I'm glad you liked how the book came together. <br /><br />Continuing the discussion of <i>Speculum</i>, a wonderful colleague of ours in the field pointed out to me recently that John Fleming used to do hilarious reports to the Medieval Academy about ACLS dinners, funny pieces which were published in...<i>Speculum</i>. So perhaps there's a lot more medievalist play out there, even between the most seemingly august pages.Brantley Bryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-6659730128129523742010-06-10T12:41:08.850-04:002010-06-10T12:41:08.850-04:00That is an amazing quotation, Eileen. Thanks so mu...That is an amazing quotation, Eileen. Thanks so much for sharing it.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-17589560890378800862010-06-10T12:06:36.036-04:002010-06-10T12:06:36.036-04:00Also, as perverse as it may sound now, given its &...Also, as perverse as it may sound now, given its "venerable" history & status, consider these words from the inaugural 1926 issue of "Speculum" by its first editor E.K. Rand:<br /><br />"Speculum, this mirror to which we find it appropriate to give a Latin name, suggests the multitudinous mirrors in which people of the Middle Ages liked to gaze at themselves and other folk—mirrors of history and doctrine and morals, mirrors of princes and lovers and fools. We intend no conscious follies, but we recognize satire, humor and the joy of life as part of our aim. Art and beauty and poetry are a portion of our medieval heritage. Our contribution to the knowledge of those times must be scholarly, first of all, but scholarship must be arrayed, so far as possible, in a pleasing form."<br /><br />[and thank you to Nicola Masciandaro who first brought this quotation from Rand to my attention]Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-88213885369414212212010-06-10T09:59:31.255-04:002010-06-10T09:59:31.255-04:00Nice work.
they enable is that we can speak in a...Nice work.<br /><br /><i> they enable is that we can speak in a way that is more direct, often more engaging, and potentially full of sober challenge beneath the seeming lightness</i><br />And why not vice versa too? Full of lightness under a seeming sobriety? One of my insights from blogging and reading medievalist blogging is discovering the pleasure of scholarship.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.com