Thanks to Adam Oberlin

[James L. Zychowicz]

Hello:

I would like to thank Adam Oberlin for agreeing this week to assist with our listserv at Google Groups. It's great to have his participation,

Best,

Jim

James L. Zychowicz
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[SCal...@aol.com]

Dear Adam and Jim,

 

I would like to express my thanks to both of you for taking care of this and also for the work involved with the listserv.

 

My best greetings,

 

Sal Calomino

 

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[Christopher Clason]

This is great! The listserv is a good way of disseminating all kinds of information, but it takes a bunch of work to do this, and I thank Jim and Adam heartily!

Also, Tristanians, I believe we have touched on a very productive area (actually, two of them) for our society - but with respect to the one,  the whole idea of sin and comeuppance that is intrinsic to the Tristan versions and obviously has a lot of resonance in scholarship. I just wanted to mention that it also gets gen ed students pretty involved. I have in the past two weeks noticed that, in a 100-level great books course I teach, the two works that get the most varied and passionate feedback are Tristan and Dante, and the issues surrounding love and social responsibility, sin and redemption/condemnation make for great discussions. I have my students do weekly journals and ask for just ten minutes of writing. I am getting pages and pages on these topics, however, almost to the point that I have to tell them to cease and desist, my email inbox is stuffed! Amazing to see gen ed folks all up in arms about this kind of thing. I have agnostics and Catholics and Lutherans and Muslims and Jews and Baptists and a Buddhist in the course, and all are engaging this with a passion that amazes me.

So anyhow, I am happy that we are enjoying an embarrassment of riches as well.  I am most grateful to the founders of our feast (how many metaphors can I mix in this email?). May we always be so embarrassed!

me

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[James L. Zychowicz]

Thanks for Chris for his useful comments. In fact, it prompts me to recommend the article on Dante in the current issue of PMLA. Also, I sense in Chris's posting a sense of passion and commitment and wonder if the multidisciplinary aspect of Tristan and Dante contribute to this. With Lyric Opera of CHicago's major promotional campaign "Long Live Passion" that kind of spirited enthusiasm comes to mind. Yet with subjects that have multiple modes of communication/various channels of access, it is possible to reach audiences effectively, as Chris indicates in his teaching.

Jim

All the best,

Jim

James L. Zychowicz
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