Robert de Boron and the Prose Merlin
There are so many wonderful things about the internet: there was a time when a scholar had to order through ILL and wait for weeks or months before he or she could set eyes on such works as Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini or Robert de Boron's Prose Merlin . No more. from Prose Merlin Robert de Boron Full wrothe and angry was the Devell, whan that oure Lorde hadde ben in helle and had take oute Adam and Eve and other at his plesier. And whan the fendes sien that, they hadden right grete feer and gret merveile. Thei assembleden togedir and seiden: "What is he this thus us supprisith and distroyeth, in so moche that oure strengthes ne nought ellis that we have may nought withholde hym, nor again hym stonde in no diffence but that he doth all that hym lyketh? We ne trowed not that eny man myght be bore of woman but that he sholde ben oures; and he that thus us distroyeth, how is he born in whom we knewe non erthely delyte?" Than ansuerde anothir fende and seide
I think it's perfectly appropriate that a festival celebrating PKD is held in a place that has banned bicycles from most of its streets, or so one commented claimed.
ReplyDeleteDear Fred,
ReplyDeleteI'll go so far to say that I don't think there is an inappropriate place for such a festival. It's been long in the making and certainly as deserved as other festivals one hears about. (I'm think John Updike in this particular case.)
I'd just be a little leery of what such a festival might summon together. (The leery there is, as you might have guessed, a pun.)
shalom,
Steven
Steven,
ReplyDeleteMight give new meaning to that old John Denver song?
Dear Fred,
ReplyDeleteIt hadn't occurred to me, but yes indeed, a completely refurbished meaning.
Steven