Thanks to Mr. McEvoy for his prompt reply. His commentary, personal in nature, of invaluable kind for my research. Indeed, I agree with Mr. McEvoy that Corneille may have had an axe to grind in creating Polyeucte as a hero. Paolina, his wife, is more loyal to the person than his beliefs. I agree with Donal that Corneille's French is not transparent, but the rhyme and metric helps. I agree about the costume for Poliuto: mostly naked up to the navel, and sandal wearing of course. Most tenors have been hirsute, but I'm not. Paolina, we all agree, was a whore. The lions devouring the hero and the heroine, I disagree with Mr. McEvoy, should not necessarily be giving a singing part.
Best, J. L. Speranza Bordighera -----Original Message----- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, Aug 13, 2009 5:15 am Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Polyeuktos --- On Wed, 12/8/09, jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Cheers, J. L. Speranza, The Swimming-Pool Library, Bordighera
Perhap this explains a lot. Reading underwater the pages get stuck together like over-used porn, our eyes sting and cannot focus and our brains are soon starved of oxygen.
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