Not the 'Beowulf' You Think You Know

Re:Not the 'Beowulf' You Think You Know by tptacek on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:22PM (#24312784)

McWhorter's argument, distilled, is that we should not teach Shakespeare. :)

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Re:Not the 'Beowulf' You Think You Know by pvg on Sunday August 30, 2020 @01:36AM (#24321594)

Is it? I've read some of the articles he's written about this and it seems to be mostly 'watching performances of Shakespeare's plays does not magically make you understand Early Modern English'.

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Re:Not the 'Beowulf' You Think You Know by tptacek on Sunday August 30, 2020 @07:44PM (#24326999)

I'm probably blurring stuff he's said on Lexicon Valley with stuff he's written.

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Re:Not the 'Beowulf' You Think You Know by pvg on Sunday August 30, 2020 @08:30PM (#24327305)

I guess I'll have to listen to those now to hunt down your weaselry!

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