10 Years After

5 Minutes 'Til Midnight
There wasn't time to post anything yesterday. The Thursday posting is actually from Wednesday night. Seems that Blogger choked on publishing the post until after midnight. Anyways, I took the second test in my World Civilization class. I think I did good on it. Probably an A. It all hinges on the short answer questions. I'd guess that 8 out of the 10 I had to do (from a list of about 90) were on Greek topics. Giving the dates is the hardest part of the short answer.

I think I've neglected to mention that I went to speak with my British Literature professor Tuesday. We had a great discussion about Browning's "My Last Duchess." Lots of great ideas were exchanged. During the conversation he mentioned a book which he felt I might find interesting, William Clyde Devane's study of Robert Browning called "A Browning Handbook." It's an absolutely fabulous treasure trove of information about Browning and his poems.

Today in British Literature we discussed Robert Browning's dramatic monologue, "Soliloquy in a Spanish Cloister." It reminds me of Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose." The poem also calls to mind "Hamlet" and William Blake's "Poison Tree."

After Spanish I intend to return the books I've been hoarding from the campus library. Well, all except for the copy of Devane's work on Browning. I have a trunk load of about twenty books that I've been reading parts of as further reading in British Literature. Oh, plus I have a couple on the Spanish poet Campoamor. The interest in him was piqued by the Perez-Reverete book I finished off a short while back.