6.0475 Q/A: Photos in Dead Eyes; Maxims (2/30)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 3 Feb 1993 13:11:50 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0475. Wednesday, 3 Feb 1993.


(1) Date: 01 Feb 1993 15:47:58 -0600 (CST) (16 lines)
From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: 6.0468 Qs: Lists; Astronomy; Quotes

(2) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 14:27:43 +0800 (WST) (14 lines)
From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Tim Unwin)
Subject: La Rochefoucauld: Maxims

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Date: 01 Feb 1993 15:47:58 -0600 (CST)
From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: 6.0468 Qs: Lists; Astronomy; Quotes


Re the image, photo in a dead man's/woman's eye: it would be helpful to
have something of a context AND the original. But: perhaps it relates
to the more or less common practice of photographing dead people? (A la
death mask.)


--Bob Dawson
French-Italian
University of Texas, Austin
RDawson@UTxVM [BITNET]
RDawson@UTxVMS.CC.UTexas.Edu [Internet]
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 14:27:43 +0800 (WST)
From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Tim Unwin)
Subject: La Rochefoucauld: Maxims

Does anyone know of any university courses in which La Rochefoucauld's
*Maximes* are used (either in the original or in translation), other
than in straight seventeenth-century French literature courses? Or is
it only the mythical 'general reader' who now reads this delightful
author? I should be very grateful for any information. With thanks.

Tim Unwin
The University of Western Australia
tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au