tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post6609551218786734977..comments2023-10-11T06:50:10.494-04:00Comments on The Glass-Bottom Blog: ClearancesZedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-2655536662880954992011-06-13T17:56:13.317-04:002011-06-13T17:56:13.317-04:00Wasn't Spenser's use of anachronistic dict...Wasn't Spenser's use of anachronistic diction meant as a deliberate homage to the medievals? (Which would explain the desire to finish the undone Tales. But I'm rusty on this and might be completely off base.) Btw "blattant" is not that far from "blottant," so maybe that's what S. meant...?<br /><br />(Ellipses + question mark = interrowhimper)Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-29238905131983015612011-06-13T17:28:01.687-04:002011-06-13T17:28:01.687-04:00The flourishing of "blatant" seems espec...The flourishing of "blatant" seems especially satisfying since the B.B. himself is said to be threatening the poem at the end of Book VI (I guess this happens all over the place -- in At Swim-Two-Birds, for instance -- but it never fails to please).<br /><br />Also memorable: the bit in VI about Serena and the cannibals, which I lack corage to post; and the attempt in IV to finish the Squire's Tale (do you think he has a thing for Chaucer's unfinished tales?).Calistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956732769475305386noreply@blogger.com