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 tried to get into Ginsberg back when i was reading everything of Kerouac's I could lay my hands on.. I just couldn't do it..
ReplyDeleteI couldn't manage it with Burroughs either.. I just find them both to be too revolting personality wise for me to be interested in their work..
And the more I learned about Ginsberg and Burroughs the less I began to like Kerouac out of association with them...
At this point I prefer Ken Kesey...
Dear Lagomorph,
ReplyDeleteFirst, love the moniker--thank you so much for posting just so I could see that.
Second--agreed--I share the same problem, although I never much cared for Kerouac either--I can see the appeal, just didn't latch onto it myself.
Thank you.
shalom,
Steven