Cambridge Medieval History, mags

Since my last post, I've read two issues of The New Scientist, two issues of Eclectic Reading, an issue of Hello Canada. I also read the last two volumes of the Cambridge Medieval History, and I now await the first two volumes.

Cambridge Medieval History, mags

Since my last post I've read two issues of Eclectic Reading and The New Yorker, and one issue each of The New Scientist, Hello Canada, Vanity Fair, and The Economist.

I also read Volumes 3 and 4 of the New Cambridge Medieval History, which represents about2300 pages. It was really interesting, although I got lost in some of the details about ruling families. I was interested in the intimate connection between church and government, and the fact that the church provided all the educated people to conduct the business of government -- most of the people who could read and write were clergy, and this lasted, at least in Scotland, until late in the Renaissance. Wow.

I also ordered up my reading for the month of December, most of which I have teaching-free. I realized how much of the collection La pleiade I had read -- after this lot, there will be only 28 titles left. I have impressed myself.

Marquez, Latin America

Since my last post, I've read two issues of Eclectic Reading, an issue of The New Yorker, and an issue of The Globe.

I also read Modern Culture of Latin America by Jean Franco. Her understanding of all the different national literature,including poetry, novels, short stories and plays is remarkable. I also read Latin American Culture and Modernity, which was disappointing in terms of the content, which focused on the treatment of Latin America in the social sciences. I also read a thematic history of Latin America, which provided me with more of the information I sought. I am at present reading Marquez' Love in the Time of Cholera. It is extremely vivid, and well-characterized, and the story is intriguing, but his work is here, as it is in his other novels, misogynist.

Cambridge Modern History, Johnston, Theriault, Hastings, Bellenger

Since my last post I've read two issues of The Economist, an issue of The New Yorker, two issues of The New Scientist, an issue of National Geographic in French, an issue of British Vogue, an issue of Chatelaine. I've also read two volumes of the New Cambridge Modern History, Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnston, Cul-de-Sac by Yves Theriault, Aloha by Noelle Hastings, Methodes de lecture in the Que sais-je collection by Lionel Bellenger, and I've just started a French pastoral whose title I forget!

Cambridge History of Latin America

I read the final volumes of this history, which brings me to 12. I also started the Cambridge History of Islam, which was also interesting. I learn new things, of course, but also it brings a perspective to my reading for years in history, and puts everything in the proper place.

I also read two Economists, two New Yorkers, three Eclectic Readings, two New Scientists, one Vanity Fair, one Rolling Stone, one Examiner, and one Hello Canada from last summer I found at the bottom of my trunk.