[Milton-L] another version of Adam and Eve

[Hannibal Hamlin]

I checked with Robert Alter (ad fontes!), and it turns out Crumb did indeed
arrange to use Alter's translation, with the proviso that he could revert to
the KJV when he wished. For some reason known only to them (or not) the New
Yorker printed the text unattributed. I've written them a brief note
querying this.

All that said, I still look forward to seeing the rest of Crumb's work, and
I'm glad everything is above board between him and Alter.

Hannibal

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:10 AM, <gilliaca at jmu.edu> wrote:

>
>
> .>From: Hannibal Hamlin. .
> >
> >   All this seems fine to me; I'm only puzzled at the
> >   lack of credit to Alter.
>
> After reading your post, I hauled out my copy of Alter, and you are right.
>  Why don't you write to t he new Yorker and ask?  I wonder how many other
> readers caught that?
>
> C
> Cynthia A. Gilliatt
> English Department, JMU, ret.
> JMU Safe Zones supporter
> "You have made God in your own image when God hates the same people you
> hate." Fr. John Weston
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