Obviously, you don't want to read this edition if you're just re-reading the book for fun, because the notes overwhelm the reader's ability to just read the book straight through. It's a critical apparatus and text all in one, essentially.
Even if they replaced the "canonical" version with this going forward, however, the book hasn't changed. Now perhaps I should pour myself some cognac and enjoy the decadence.
Even if they replaced the "canonical" version with this going forward, however, the book hasn't changed. Now perhaps I should pour myself some cognac and enjoy the decadence.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray available for the first time in ages?
- 28/04/2011 10:20:57 AM
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Do you think the original text should replace the standard, or go into the footnotes?
- 28/04/2011 11:12:33 AM
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Interesting... but Tim's question is a good one. The censored version has become a classic.
- 28/04/2011 08:00:03 PM
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I received it earlier this week but was too busy to post. Now that I am extremely hung over I shall
- 06/05/2011 07:57:16 PM
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I will probably buy it
- 06/05/2011 10:09:13 PM
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You would appreciate it.
- 07/05/2011 01:43:35 AM
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