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Just popping in to say I find it amusing that Zipes, who had been doing an excellent job explaining the context of the literary fairy tale, used the word sadomasochistic to describe the brutality found in works written some 80 to 100 years before the word sadistic existed. That word and the more modern understanding is derived from Marquis de Sade and his vile book.
— May 12, 2025 07:15PM
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Zipes, you disappoint me. You spent time explaining what Planche left out of Villeneuve's version and that you did your own, and this is even more sanitized than Planche. I was hoping for something closer to Dowson's translation.
— Jun 04, 2025 09:02AM
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May 12, 2025 07:29PM
Yeah, he occasionally has these modern insertions. You just learn to roll with them. :)
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He was doing so well. Some of the language used to discuss Persian literature was not as in vogue in the 90's when this was published. I sort of get him using it since it was how they spoke in the 1700's, but it still gets on my nerves. Overall enjoying this though.
