6.0542 Qs: Latin; Netnews; French Lists; Year 0 (5/90)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 22 Feb 1993 11:07:43 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0542. Monday, 22 Feb 1993.


(1) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 15:27:29 EST (21 lines)
From: "Clarence F. Brown" <CB@PUCC>
Subject: Canticle for Leibowitz

(2) Date: 19 Feb 93 13:53:41 AST (25 lines)
From: "J. Russell Perkin" <RPERKIN@SHARK.STMARYS.CA>
Subject: Two questions

(3) Date: Sat, 20 Feb 93 11:07:26 -0500 (17 lines)
From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield)
Subject: The year "0"

(4) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 93 11:36:37 PST (14 lines)
From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: UNIX newsgroups

(5) Date: 21 Feb 1993 16:59:15 -0600 (CST) (13 lines)
From: "John D. Jones" <6563JONESJ@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU>
Subject: Lists in French

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 15:27:29 EST
From: "Clarence F. Brown" <CB@PUCC>
Subject: Canticle for Leibowitz


If ever a booksellers' rubric damaged the fate of a
book it happened when Walter Miller's marvelous novel
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ was dubbed Science Fiction.
After loving the book for years, I have finally put it
on the syllabus for a course. In preparing to read it
with students, I began to make translations of the
numerous passages in Latin, but now it has occurred to
me that someone somewhere must have done this, and
perhaps even published it. Is there a Humanist among
us, perhaps a spiritual descendant of Abbot Arkos, who
can aid me in my inquiries?

Clarence Brown, Professor of Comparative Literature
Department of Comparative Literature
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08544
(609) 258-4027 (FAX: 258-1873) <CB@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU>
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Date: 19 Feb 93 13:53:41 AST
From: "J. Russell Perkin" <RPERKIN@SHARK.STMARYS.CA>
Subject: Two questions

I wonder if anyone could help me with either of the two following
questions. I am trying to find out about the first as quickly as
possible, so I'd be grateful if anyone who has the answer could reply
to me personally; the second is not so urgent.

(1) Why is Death, in Zora Neale Hurston's _Their Eyes Were Watching
God_, described as having "huge square toes"? The answer is probably
something I should be embarrassed about not knowing, but I can't find
any reference to it in the criticism I have at hand. It came up in a
course I'm teaching, and I'd like to be able to answer a student's
question about it.


(2) I think I remember reading somewhere in Fredric Jameson the
statement that Dreiser and Dos Passos are the two great unrecognized
20th century American novelists. Is this a case of my memory playing
tricks, or did he actually say that? (I've looked in all his works
without success, though the indexes are not complete, as I've also
discovered).

J. Russell Perkin
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 93 11:07:26 -0500
From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield)
Subject: The year "0"

Dear Humanists,
Can anyone tell me whether there is a definitive statement or
at least a set of "tendencies" regarding what Christian sects in the U.S.,
Canada, France & Germany regard as year "0"? Is it commonly associated with
the birth of Jesus or the death of Jesus? My American & Canadian students
in French class seem somewhat divided on the subject; the majority claims
claim the latter.

Thanks in advance,
Joel D. Goldfield
Plymouth State College/Univ. Sys. of NH

Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 93 11:36:37 PST
From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: UNIX newsgroups

I'm looking for newsgroups dealing with Latin America, and
I know that lots of them exist (e.g., for Peru, Chile, Colombia,
etc.), but I don't find them when I access NEWS through rn.

Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks,

Charles Faulhaber
UC Berkeley
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Date: 21 Feb 1993 16:59:15 -0600 (CST)
From: "John D. Jones" <6563JONESJ@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU>
Subject: Lists in French

A colleague of mine would like to know if there are any lists pertaining
to French culture, literture, philosophy etc. which are conducted in French
or, at least, in a bi-lingual setting. You can send information to me
(6563jonesj@vms.csd.mu.edu) or to my colleague, Richard Taylor
(6297taylorr@vms.csd.mu.edu). Thanks for any help

John D. Jones
Philosophy Department
Marquette University