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Sometime read Anna Karenina's tirade at and about Vronsky in the scene before she commits suicide after reading Dido's tirade at and about Aeneus in the scene before she commits suicide. You will get the spooky feeling that either Tolstoy is immensely indebted to Virgil or he is Virgil reincarnated. Anna is Dido. Every major work of literature owes a huge debt to the Iliad and the Aeneid. Many have noted the Iliad's influence on War and Peace. The reason I included both of them is that while they are both classical epic poems each has its unique voice and theme and imagery. Virgil was very indebted to Lucretius as well as Homer, by the way. Bloom goes into this. On the nature of the universe has some very erotic language.
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And of course not only has the Aeneid filled our literature with allusions to its plots and characters, but it has also impacted our rhetorical construction and storytelling devices. But, if I had to choose one over the other, I would favor the Illiad, as the Illiad inspired/influenced the Aeneid, and not vice versa. |
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Jupiter Jones rocks. The Three Investigators rock. I loved those books. I also read The Great Brain books, and Encyclopedia Brown. My girls recently got some Encylopedia Brown books from the library. I remember as a kid being amazed at how he figured stuff out but when I read them now the answers aren't nearly as amazing and are often quite silly. |
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01-24-2007, 07:39 PM | #84 |
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and it's sequel SuperFudge rule.
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01-24-2007, 08:16 PM | #86 |
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My nephew is reading the Frog and Toad series.
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Lets not forget the Epic of Gilgamesh, the one that got the whole ball rolling.
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My first criterion, by the way, would have to be that I enjoyed it. There is no way a book on my list is one of the all-time best books written if I don't even want to read it- is that called Cali Cougcentrism? |
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1. An unnatural obsession with Doc Octopus from Spiderman ouevre; or, 2. Focus on the occult, thus proving what many of us have suspected: SU worships evil. Perhaps we better find out if he floats?
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