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| re: Home, Sweet Homer....in British literature! | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 04:51 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: Home, Sweet Homer....in British literature! - showtunetrivia 03:35 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| Oh, I don't know. I think that "Home, Sweet Homer" is just the kind of jokey title that might occur to two classicists simultaneously, if they happened to be in need of a jokey title for some reason. Maybe they published novels faster in the 1970s than they do now, but my sister is a novelist, and I know that she signed off on the final page proofs for her latest book some months ago, and on the final edit of the manuscript some months before that (early in 2017), and her publication date still isn't until July 10 of this year. But you remind me of how much I loved The Glittering Prizes when I saw the original American broadcast in what must have been 1977. I'd love to see it again. |
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| re: Home, Sweet Homer....in British literature! | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 05:27 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Home, Sweet Homer....in British literature! - keikekaze 04:51 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| The publishing biz has gotten much, much slower. My husband sold his first novels in 1978. Everything was faster: editorial responses (across the board!), the time for the creation of first copy-edited MSS and then unrproofed galleys, the time between galleys and publication, and yes, of course, payment. (rueful laugh) I agree, it's a classicist's joke (for my doctoral exams, I did a minor in classics). But I can't get over the coincidence of that title and the timing. Laura |
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| re: Home, Sweet Homer....in British literature! | |
| Posted by: garyd 05:45 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Home, Sweet Homer....in British literature! - showtunetrivia 05:27 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
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| Gussow was still referring to it as Odyssey in an August column. The next mention I can find is Sept 14 and it is referred to as Home, Sweet Homer. (by another columnist). | |
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