A New View of the Dragon Tattoo
If you plan to read the book, don't read this marvelous skewering of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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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 haven't seen the film, but I have read the book.
ReplyDeleteI think his title is a bit overblown--more to attract readers than as a realistic appraisal of his argument. It's easy sitting safely behind a keyboard commenting on the illogical actions of fictional characters. I find her actions to be very understandable. Moreover, he hasn't read the book, so his comments can only be about the film.
I left a comment following his post with some details I won't mention here for it may be a spoiler for some.