3.628 Notes and Queries (134)
Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Mon, 23 Oct 89 21:40:35 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 628. Monday, 23 Oct 1989.
(1) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 89 20:15 EDT (79 lines)
From: <E82@PSUVM>
Subject: Language/Literature positions at Penn State
(2) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 10:03:00 EDT (18 lines)
From: F.LANGLEY@hull.ac.uk
Subject: Humpty Dumpty
(3) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 89 18:25:14 MEZ (10 lines)
From: Alfred Suhl <ANT01@DMSWWU1A>
Subject: Call for help
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 89 20:15 EDT
From: <E82@PSUVM>
Subject: Language/Literature positions at Penn State
Faculty Positions in Language/Literature Available
at The Pennsylvania State University
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posted 10/22/89 by the Department of Comparative Literature, Penn State
University, University Park PA 16802, USA.
A. Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature.
Tenure-track. Starting 8/90. Expertise in Mythology/Folk Literature,
especially of peoples from the Third World. Ph.D. (preferably in
Comparative Literature, but candidates with doctorates in related
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Comparative Literature, Box NT, N434 Burrowes Building, The
Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA 16802 USA.
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8/90. Strong language teaching skills, native or near-native Japanese
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Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA 16802 USA. The
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Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 10:03:00 EDT
From: F.LANGLEY@hull.ac.uk
Subject: Humpty Dumpty
Are there any folklorists out there? If so, perhaps they could answer
a question which is exercising the mind of my six year old son.
Why, in books of nursery rhymes, is Humpty Dumpty always depicted as an
egg, albeit with arms, legs and facial features? In the (perhaps shortened)
versions of the nursery rhyme relating his downfall, there is no reference
to his being ovoid.
Any theories would be gratefully accepted.
Frederick Langley
School of Modern Languages
University of Hull
England.
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 89 18:25:14 MEZ
From: Alfred Suhl <ANT01@DMSWWU1A>
Subject: Call for help
When I went to school I was very fond of the poem "Rappelle toi quand l aurore
craintive ouvre au soleil son palais ench...." Is there anyone who can
(and would like to) help me to find out by whom it is and where I can
find the text? I asked already several Romanists, but they could not
help me, for they did not succeed.
Thanks Alfred Suhl