Thursday 15 August 2019

No Griselda

Poul Anderson, Perish By The Sword (New York, 1959), 4.

"'I'm no Griselda...'" (p. 32)

This statement meant absolutely nothing to me so I googled Griselda. Not only is she a major literary figure but, together with Pope Joan and some other famous women, she is a character in the play, Top Girls (see image), which Sheila and I saw many years ago at the Dukes Playhouse.

Read Poul Anderson and learn.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I think I had heard of Griselda, probably from Shakespeare's play, but I had to click on your link to find out more about her.

Sean