Re: King Laurin?

On Mon, 6 May 2024 18:50:17 -0000 (UTC), Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:

Paul S Person wrote:

Don wrote:

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My literary life lights upon another treacherous dwarf:
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   During the banquet, Peter of Rheinhausen, Manfred?s minnesinger,
   sang from the Heroes' Book, choosing the passage wherein King
   Dietrich?s band of knights attack the Rose Garden of the
   treacherous dwarf, Laurin, so to rescue the sister of Dietlieb,
   their comrade.
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The excerpt's from _Eifelheim_ (Flynn), an audio book currently gracing
my ears. The time and place of its primary setting is 1348 - 1349 in the
Black Forest.

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I recall my reaction to /Eifelheim/. I stopped reading the "novel"
parts because whoever wrote clearly had no idea how to write about the
middle ages. Also because one of the "novellette" parts gave away the
ending, or so I thought. I did read the "novellette" parts in
sequence, which were pretty good.
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They should have gotten Eco to write the novel parts, in Italian, and
then had them translated by whoever translated, say, /Baudolino/.
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Or at least somebody who wouldn't portray a medieval priest, however
well-educated for his day, as an early modern scientist. And didn't
confusing "boring" with "medieval".
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This is, of course, IMHO.

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The Right Reverend Gregor Mendel OSA is one example of a Catholic
scientist. Mendel founded the modern science of genetics.

The Right Reverend Gregor Mendel OSA was, it appears, born in 1822.

Not the Middle Ages, when /Eifelheim/ occurs (the local "lord" returns
from, IIRC, a Crusade -- a real one).

Apples and oranges. Nice try, though.

The novelette, IIRC, won an award. The novel, AFAIK, did not.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"