distressing news

[Genevra Gerhart]

Jessica wrote:

But then I have something of an aversion to passing value judgements 
> on culture, it seems a little snobbish to think that we (academics) 
> can judge what constitutes good vs bad in art.  It feels limiting and 
> restrictive, just my opinion.....

I have always thought that "making value judgments on what constitutes good
vs bad in art" is, in fact, the only thing a literary  critic _could_ do.
What the h. else were they put on earth to do?

Genevra Gerhart
 
ggerhart at comcast.net
 
www.genevragerhart.com
www.russiancommonknowledge.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Christopher Lemelin
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:10 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] distressing news

A quick correction.  Les Miserables was originally written (in  
French) by composer Claude-Michel Schoenberg and librettist Alain  
Boubil.  The English version was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and  
the English lyrics were adapted by Herbert Kretzmer.

In my humble opinion--and by the way, I agree with others that ALW's  
early musicals are far superior to his later ones--Les Mis is an  
incredible achievement, rivaling a great opera.

CWL

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Christopher W. Lemelin
Assistant Professor of Russian
Dickinson College
lemelinc at dickinson.edu

(On sabbatical 2006-2007)





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