Thoughts about reading fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, new and old
Subject Tag: performance
Iliad in Translation
Written by Rebecca Reid on Friday, October 24, 2008 Filed under: Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Writing about ReadingWhat am I looking for when I read the Iliad this month? I’ve been wondering that, especially now that I have four translations before me. As I mentioned when I wrote about Aesop’s writers last week, a translation can make a big difference in how a story is portrayed.
I’m not against a literal translation, but [...]
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz
Written by Rebecca Reid on Thursday, October 23, 2008 Filed under: Child/Young Adult, Drama, Essays/Articles on Reading, ReviewsWhen I heard the concept of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz (monologues given by medieval children), I thought it would be horribly boring. Monologues? I thought. What is fun about monologues? I thought children would be bored by these “Voices from a Medieval Village.”
To my delight, I found Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! [...]
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This blog is a collection of my thoughts about books and reading and reviews of books I've read. I'd love to hear your thoughts, too. Please share!
From October 2008-July 2009, I'm hosting the Really Old Classics Challenge.
I'm also hosting the quarterly Martel-Harper Challenge.
Further, as an ongoing personal challenge, I'm reading all the works on the How to Read and Why reading list compiled by Harold Bloom. I'd love for you to either join me in this challenge or to follow along with me as I try to learn to read well.
