18 April 2006
Flags
I think the national flags on some of the wiki pages need to go. The modern flag of communist China has little to do with the China of Li Po, and although the modern Union Jack (1801) is close to the original Union flag of England (1606), it's not the same, and even that flag wouldn't be representative of pre-Jacobean British literature (e.g., Chaucer). My point is that flags change over time, whereas the linguistic and cultural contexts of the literature we've been reading are part of a larger, more unshakeable canon.
Take this as an opportunity to find some appropriate substitutes. If the 1801 Union Jack doesn't adequately represent Milton and his predecessors, what does?
Take this as an opportunity to find some appropriate substitutes. If the 1801 Union Jack doesn't adequately represent Milton and his predecessors, what does?
# posted by Shawn Smith @ 11:04 PM 
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I put up a piece of Chinese artwork, which, like literature, traverses the passage of time that often causes flags to come and go. Hopefully it's to your liking. If not, I can always find something more suitable.
This is good--this is exactly what we need. Although, of course, content is even more important. I can't believe there aren't more good sites out there on Li Po.
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