Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Books@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoHow a playful literary hoax illuminates Classical queernessaeon.coexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI tried getting through that very long article, but I lost interest already in the very first few words - when reading that the originator was ostensibly one “Herr G. Heim”, which can be translated to “Mr. S. Ecret”, clearly a fake name.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThey bury the lede with all the stuff about Sappho, which is cool and all, but the article doesn’t get on topic until about 1/2 way down.
minus-squareAll Ice In Chains@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s intentionally part of the article that’s explained later on in it. Part of the value of reading the whole article, or at least skimming it all.
I tried getting through that very long article, but I lost interest already in the very first few words - when reading that the originator was ostensibly one “Herr G. Heim”, which can be translated to “Mr. S. Ecret”, clearly a fake name.
They bury the lede with all the stuff about Sappho, which is cool and all, but the article doesn’t get on topic until about 1/2 way down.
That’s intentionally part of the article that’s explained later on in it. Part of the value of reading the whole article, or at least skimming it all.