I just used the phrase "locus amoenus" in my thesis. Some kind of frontier has been crossed, but I'll have to get back to you on what kind.
From this week's NYRB personals: "POUTING POETESS, 35, seeks philandering philanthropist able to stump up. London, England." You speak for us all, sister.
I need more caffeine and more myrmidons.
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I used "locus amoenus" in a final paper on T.S. Eliot for Brownlow's first-year seminar. I think I only knew the phrase because it was on my AP English Exam. If the College Board is dispensing such terminology to pocky youths across the nation, you have nothing to fear.
ReplyDeletePP seems to share my enthusiasm for plosives. How much do those adverts cost? I have a half-hatched plan to compose one with you and see what manner of responses it garners.
Oh, hi! Sorry for my extremely belated comment; it's sad how rarely I check my own blog. I...do not remember learning about the locus amoenus in AP English, but perhaps I was too busy resenting the existence of the Hemingway-and-Faulkner canon.
ReplyDeleteThat plan sounds amazing. Luckily, I'm sitting in the reference room six feet away from the stack of old NYRBs. Unluckily, it's $5.70 per word for one week; the price goes down the more often you choose to run the ad.
Also, an alum of our college advertised in the Dec. 18 issue! She's 71, but "can hold my own in all respects with someone 10 years younger."