Biggest Blunder in Literary History?
The following is the opening of a book review, as published in the Washington Post:
| What are some of the biggest blunders in literary history?
John Sutherland, a professor of modern English literature at University College London, knows. There is Shakespeare's gaffe of endowing Bohemia with a coastline in The Winter's Tale (a play also notable for its famous stage direction "Exit pursued by a bear"). [and] In The Antiquary, Sir Walter Scott had the sun rise in the east. |
From a review of Curiosities of Literature: A Feast For Book Lovers, by John Sutherland. Review by Dennis Drabelle.
We suppose that idiot Sir Walter had the sun set in the west, too!
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Posted September 14, 2009 8:00 AM
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