In a message dated 12/29/08 10:19:21 PM, [email protected] writes:
> But it was never clear to me that Renault, who was praised for the rigorous > historicity of her novels, would have backed down from criticising W.S. or > Tolstoi or a movie like CHARIOTS OF FIRE. I don't think she would have > been > persuaded by your line, "I think most people know that Shakespeare was only > telling a darn good story." > She might have ignored the difficulties of Shakespeare on the grounds of there not being many standards of historical truth operating at the time anyway but surely not Tolstoi,whose political views probably influence his view of history. And she couldn't have ignored the problems of Chariots of Fire. Kate Sullivan ************** One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp& icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)
