[lit-ideas] Re: Moby Dick and America
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On 10-Dec-08, at 7:07 PM, Eric Yost wrote:
..., John Gardner's _Grendel_ is a superb retelling of Beowulf from
the monster's point of view.
I agree - it's been decades since I've read it but it's still with me.
I've considered writing the story of Jephthah's daughter from her
point of view. It's somewhere in my possible-project notes.
This is ringing all sorts of bells, Eric. Is there a song? A poem?
(The later possibility seems to be ringing particularly strongly.)
Anybody?
Chris Bruce,
who's probably going to be
bothered for weeks by this
(unless someone comes to my rescue
with a reference), in
Kiel, Germany
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