Author and presenter Melvyn Bragg appeared briefly on the Today programme this morning talking about Pliny the Younger.
Perhaps I misheard, but I was sure he said "eruption of Venus" rather than the eruption of Vesuvius described by Pliny the Elder ("eruption of Venus" sounds like a novel by Radclyffe Hall).
But I was intrigued to hear Melvyn Bragg say that Pliny the Younger was innovative in the way he made his letters into a literary form. And this made me wonder if anyone is using blogs as a literary form. Indeed, am I perhaps attempting this (in my usual clumsy and inept way) with this very blog.
Perhaps I misheard, but I was sure he said "eruption of Venus" rather than the eruption of Vesuvius described by Pliny the Elder ("eruption of Venus" sounds like a novel by Radclyffe Hall).
But I was intrigued to hear Melvyn Bragg say that Pliny the Younger was innovative in the way he made his letters into a literary form. And this made me wonder if anyone is using blogs as a literary form. Indeed, am I perhaps attempting this (in my usual clumsy and inept way) with this very blog.
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