Reprint Time--Helena
A comment from the blogkeeper at Underbelly (thank you Buce) inspired me to look this up. I was fairly certain that I had reviewed the book in the recent past, and so I discovered this. a good book is worth appreciation--over and over and over again. Also, while you are appreciating, you might want to take in Underbelly's look at Helena as well. La Belle Hélène on March 18, 2005 8:11 AM In reading Helena last night I stumbled across a large number of passages I would like to share. But I thought the more important thing to share was an observation. Evelyn Waugh liked this best among his books. There are a good many reasons why this might be so: it is splendidly written--both the prose and the coherence are several notches above some of his earlier, more frenetic work. It is tightly done, with just the right strokes and exactly the right selection of detail. But I suspect the reason Waugh prized this above all the other works is that in t...
And I thought I had problems with cheating and plagiarism in my literature and drama courses. This one takes the prize!
ReplyDeleteI doubt that I could have been as controlled as the professor at UCF. Yes, he was angry, but I would have been nuclear!
As it turns out, I unfortunately have occasions to weed out cheaters and plagiarists. The situation at UCF, however, is unbelievable in its scale.
Note: I have forwarded this on to heads in my departments (English and Theatre), and I have encouraged them to forward this to the Business Department because they certainly need to know about a problem that probably extends beyond one campus.
Dear R/T,
ReplyDeleteI find it unaccountably distressing, given that I don't teach. But, there you have it!
Thanks for writing and great to have you back.
shalom,
Steven