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		<title>Analects of the Core #178: David Ferry on Storms</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2013/02/07/analects-of-the-core-178-david-ferry-on-storms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In view of the coming storm tomorrow, the Core would like to remind everyone to remain calm and intellectual. To aid this process, here is a sample from David Ferry&#8217;s Epic of Gilgamesh (studied in CC101), on the relevant topic of storms: &#8220;In the early hours of the next morning dawning there was the noise of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Saxophone and &#8216;The Odyssey&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relating to the study of The Odyssey by CC101 every fall, here is an interesting fact: great saxophonist Chris Potter draws inspiration from the Greek epic for his music. In the article discussing the matter, Potter is quoted as saying: I read it [the Odyssey] in high school and thought it was cool but didn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dana Gioa on Epic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No epic survived the welter of history unless both its language and story were unforgettable. From a plot posterity demands both immediate pleasure and enduring moral significance. An epic narrative must vividly and unforgettably embody the central values of a civilization &#8212; be they military valor or spiritual redemption. Only a few poets at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analects of the Core #91</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2011/03/01/analects-of-the-core-91/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Men of Troy, what madness has come over you? can you believe the enemy truly gone? A gift from the Danaans, and no ruse? Is that Ulysses&#8217; way, as you have known him? Achaens must be hiding in this timber, Or it was built to butt against our walls, Peer over them into our houses, [...]]]></description>
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