{"id":5213,"date":"2016-12-23T11:51:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=5213"},"modified":"2016-12-23T11:51:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:51:48","slug":"weekly-round-up-12-23-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2016\/12\/23\/weekly-round-up-12-23-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Round-Up, 12-23-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello hello, Corelings! What, did you think the Weekly Round-Up would be on hiatus during this hibernation period we call Winter Break? Of course not. Knowledge never rests.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Wordsworth, the great-great-great-great grandson of William Wordsworth, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2016\/12\/06\/william-wordsworths-descendant-campaigns-save-beloved-lake-district\/\">is currently campaigning to protect the Lake District<\/a> that inspired the Romantic poet. The National Grid plans to build a line of electrical pylons through Duddon Estuary.<\/li>\n<li><em>I, Hamlet,<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/english.cctv.com\/2016\/12\/20\/VIDERlBezXVIozcpUshRJMzx161220.shtml\"> a retelling of <em>Hamlet<\/em> as a traditional Chinese opera<\/a>, opened December 16th at UK&#8217;s South Bank Center. It commemorates the 400th anniversaries of the deaths of both Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu, a Ming dynasty playwright.<\/li>\n<li>Did you know that mistletoe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogue.com\/13514245\/mistletoe-tradition-history\/\">has roots in Virgil&#8217;s <em>The Golden Bough<\/em> from the<em> Aeneid<\/em><\/a>? Vogue sheds light on this holiday tradition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/b8\/Aeneas_and_Charon_by_Wenceslas_Hollar.jpg\" class=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"310\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Aeneas and Charon<\/em> by Wenceslas Hollar, 17th century.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Translator Tim Parks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/daily\/2016\/12\/18\/no-nonsense-machiavelli-the-prince\/\">reveals the difficulties of translating Machiavelli&#8217;s <em>The Prince<\/em><\/a> as well as the tactics that others use as they tackle the 15th-century Italian work.<\/li>\n<li>Voltaire&#8217;s <em>Candide<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/going-out\/norwich_theatre_royal_young_stars_in_staging_of_voltaire_s_novella_candide_1_4817330\"> hit the stage last week <\/a>with a performance at Norwich Theatre Royal by the Theatre Royal&#8217;s Youth Company. This interpretation may not be what you think; it&#8217;s described as &#8220;a bit of a mockery of his philosophy&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;in the most respectful way, of course!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Uplifting news of the week: the book fairy is real, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/mile-end-montreal-virginia-woolf-1.3896301\">they gifted a Montreal woman a 1st-edition copy of Virginia Woolf&#8217;s <em>Three Guineas<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/1\/1c\/ThreeGuineas.jpg\" class=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"243\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">First edition cover of Virginia Woolf&#8217;s <em>Three Guineas<\/em> (Fair Use)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There you have it! Core hopes you have a lovely holiday(s) and a refreshing break!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello hello, Corelings! What, did you think the Weekly Round-Up would be on hiatus during this hibernation period we call Winter Break? Of course not. Knowledge never rests. Christopher Wordsworth, the great-great-great-great grandson of William Wordsworth, is currently campaigning to protect the Lake District that inspired the Romantic poet. 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