Adventures in Literature, Wednesday, Period Three [Class Seven]

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Drake was all decked out like a medieval knight today. Someone really didn't get to play dress-up enough as a kid.

"Ivanhoe," he began the class, "was written in 1819 by Sir Walter Scott, who is credited with inventing the modern historical novel, and if that isn't an oxymoron I don't know what is. Mark Twain hated the guy and is credited with inventing the modern bitchy author when he named a boat the Walter Scott in his own book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and then proceeded to sink it.

"Ivanhoe takes place in 12th century medieval England, the same setting as Robin Hood -- and Robin and his band of merry men appear as characters in this story. The main character, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, has been disinherited by his father, Cedric of Rotherwood, for supporting the Norman King Richard I and for falling in love with the Lady Rowena, Cedric's ward, who had been promised to a Saxon lord who was gunning for the throne of England. Just like in Robin Hood, Richard's been captured by the enemy, and his brother, John I, has parked his butt on said throne. Ivanhoe comes back from the Crusades in disguise and wins a tournament and...you know what, I'm still in fall break slack mode, so I'm going to just let you watch the 1952 film with Lizzy Taylor. Enjoy!"


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Re: Watch the Movie [AiL: Class Seven]

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There were tomatoes in Gabrielle's ancient Greece. One of the first stories she'd heard Homer tell at the Academy was about Spartacus. The Tao te Ching had already been written and Athens had already colonized Amphipolis but the battle of Marathon hadn't taken place yet, and yet they'd already met Hippocrates and it had been ten years since Xena's dalliance with Julius Caesar. And, though she hadn't visited it yet, a town where people dueled in the streets with rapiers and dressed like characters out of Shakespeare. You think turkey during a feast that was way after her time (and yet, the way her world worked, probably not all that far off) would make Gabrielle so much as raise an eyebrow?

Please. Medusa would get a crew cut first.

But oooh. The movie was neat.

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