[lit-ideas] Re: Unknown Warrior

  • From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:03:47 EST

 
 
In a message dated 11/11/2004 9:36:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I mused  idly about Anglo-French rivalry over who thought up the notion of
the  unknown warrior.  



 
Yep. It's a  good notion. Rhetoric, perhaps -- perhaps French? Strictly, what 
is unknown, at  best, is the _name_ of the soldier -- and that, with 
qualifications (The  soldier's name was not known to her mother, say).
 
Cheers,
 
JL


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