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Bekah
bekalex at ocsnet.net
Fri Jun 13 14:50:08 CDT 2003
At 11:43 AM -0700 6/13/03, David Morris wrote:
>--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> The Commentary contains (at least) two kinds of information. Without giving
>much of anything away, I'd suggest that use and/or mention of information of
>the first kind be permitted (if one wishes) during the poem reading but
>information of the second kind not be broached until later.
>
>What is the first kind of information, and what is the second kind?
>
>It does seem that one is encouraged by the book to access the commentaries as
>one is making one's way through the poem. Does anyone think we shouldn't do
>this? Or shouldn't reveal insights gained while doing so?
I, otoh, thought it would be best to just read right through the poem
and then go back to it as appropriate during the Commentaries.
But to tell the truth (tttt) I'll probably just read my way through
the whole thing before the list even gets to it. I'll just have to be
careful about spoilers.
Bekah
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