Comments on: morality and historicity in Roland http://www.wordsend.org/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/ searching for the ineffable Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: andrew http://www.wordsend.org/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/comment-page-1/#comment-496 andrew Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:52:22 +0000 http://wordsend.org/archives/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/#comment-496 "... it seems to be just the way people react to celebrities, no?" In modern U.S., yes. Perhaps not so much among other cultures of other times. I think it's fair to claim of historians of most cultures, though. =) “… it seems to be just the way people react to celebrities, no?”

In modern U.S., yes. Perhaps not so much among other cultures of other times. I think it’s fair to claim of historians of most cultures, though. =)

]]> By: Zrblm http://www.wordsend.org/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Zrblm Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:24:16 +0000 http://wordsend.org/archives/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/#comment-495 Hee hee. I should've known this wouldn't be news to you, since it's a) Roland, and b) in Italian. I was forced to read it in translation -- William Weaver is (to my non-Italian-reading eye) a kick-ass translator, though. Hee hee. I should’ve known this wouldn’t be news to you, since it’s a) Roland, and b) in Italian. I was forced to read it in translation — William Weaver is (to my non-Italian-reading eye) a kick-ass translator, though.

]]> By: vika http://www.wordsend.org/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/comment-page-1/#comment-494 vika Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:15:49 +0000 http://wordsend.org/archives/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/#comment-494 Yes! It's one of my primary sources that didn't make it into the Master's thesis but that is definitely in the corpus list nowadays. :) Yes! It’s one of my primary sources that didn’t make it into the Master’s thesis but that is definitely in the corpus list nowadays. :)

]]> By: Zrblm http://www.wordsend.org/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Zrblm Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:13:00 +0000 http://wordsend.org/archives/2005/09/18/morality-and-historicity-in-roland/#comment-493 This is a bit tangential, but since you mentioned Calvino -- I recently picked up a copy of his <i>The Castle of Crossed Destinies</i>, and it includes a version of the story of Roland, <i>told using tarot cards</i>. It's rather nifty. This is a bit tangential, but since you mentioned Calvino — I recently picked up a copy of his The Castle of Crossed Destinies, and it includes a version of the story of Roland, told using tarot cards. It’s rather nifty.

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