On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Marcello Perathoner <marcello@perathoner.de> wrote:
Karen Lofstrom wrote:
Which is why canonical texts like the Bible and the Qur'an are given the chapter/verse treatment.
The smart thing would have been to give every text this treatment.
Yes, I'm sure that when they published those lesbian bondage novels in the late 50s, they should have anticipated that they would be used in college courses in the 80s, and put in chapters and verses. "87. And Jenny brought down her whip upon Kari's back. 88. And again. 89. And again." It really is distracting in straight reading and give a feel that many readers don't like; there will always be editions of Frankenstein and Dracula without obvious verses so long as people actually read them for fun. -- Kie ekzistas vivo, ekzistas espero.