Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Books@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 days agoHow a playful literary hoax illuminates Classical queernessaeon.coexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up117
arrow-up117external-linkHow a playful literary hoax illuminates Classical queernessaeon.coAlas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Books@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 days 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-squareanotherspinelessdem@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 days 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.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 days 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.
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.
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.
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.