Re: _Ulysses_ vs. _The Fountainhead_
Malcolm Lawrence (malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:25:43 -0700
Matt Kozusko wrote:
> The Illiad and the Odyssey are essentially sports poems. The battle
> scenes are especially sporty. I surveyed a Sophomore literature class
> last spring, asking them what the last book was that they'd read. All
> the footbal players except one answered _Chapman's Complete Homer_.
Whatsa matta you? I said "Literature is not sports," not "literature is
not about sports." Oy yoy yoy. Your assertion about The Iliad and the
Odyssey is whimsical, but I'd sure like to see you hold it up for a
complete assertation. Ready, steady, go!