Tuesday, September 12, 2023

CB: Emily Wilson's Homeric bros

 How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern:

And it rankles her that men whom she considers self-appointed guardians of the Western canon have questioned a woman’s fitness to do Homer justice. “Any woman who has lived with male rage at close range has a better chance of understanding the vulnerability that fuels it than your average bro. She learns firsthand how the ways in which men are damaged determine their need to wreak damage on others.”

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