Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Tomorrow I am to meet with der Grair Bär [oder "dem" Grair Bär, if he is to be put into the dative] to discuss a running bibliography and any other progress I have made in my study of Goethe's Römische Elegien, which last, unfortunately, has been retarded due to my lack of reading time (between translating Latin and Greek texts, going to work, and running errands) and sporadic computer access. Fortunately, the volume of articles and books I received via interlibrary loan is extensive; I simply need to weed through everything.
With the elegies themselves, I have as yet to decide definitively any topic of study. I read through them all, natürlich, but am at the moment torn in several directions. I would like to avoid the overtly sexual references, merely because that would be the most obvious choice. Discussing Goethe's derivations from the Roman elegiac would be interesting, but I need to narrow down a subject.
So much to do, and so little Lauree.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 4:53 PM]