The Enduring Prose and Poetry of Clive James
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The Enduring Prose and Poetry of Clive James
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#2I can see him now, watching the Formula One races alongside James Hunt anticipating Murray Walker's next Murrayism
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#3Clive James had some of the best Christmas specials. And I'll always remember the time when he went to Japan.
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#4I loved his change to Dante's Inferno, "Abandon your hopes, they are what brought you here" above the entrance to hell. (Original was ye who enter here)
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#5I loved his change to Dante's Inferno, "Abandon your hopes, they are what brought you here" above the entrance to hell. (Original was ye who enter here)
I apologise for this needless pedantry, but it’s: “Forget your hopes. They are what brought you here.” The comma splice in your version is a little inelegant.
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#6If you want to see more of his poetry, quite a lot was published in the Spectator magazine: https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/clive-james
Sunset Hails a Rising
Dying by inches, I can hear the sound
Of all the fine words for the flow of things
The poets and philosophers have used
To mark the path into the killing ground.
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#7Clive James' website is and will (I believe) remain up.
https://www.clivejames.com/
Definitely worth a visit. Try video/talking in the library for a load of fascinating interviews.
His book 'Cultural Amnesia' is a marvellous cultural review to stimulate, annoy and delight most readers.
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#8I loved his change to Dante's Inferno, "Abandon your hopes, they are what brought you here" above the entrance to hell. (Original was ye who enter here)
I apologise for this needless pedantry, but it’s: “Forget your hopes. They are what brought you here.” The comma splice in your version is a little inelegant.
Not needless. I was pleased to be able to search for it and find the fragment in which it occurs together with the original (which I can't read of course).
See https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/27/what-the-hell
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#9I can see him now, watching the Formula One races alongside James Hunt anticipating Murray Walker's next Murrayism
When I read his prose I 'hear' his rhythm.
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#10Isn't Clive James the guy who's famous for the most droll commentary of the Formula 1 "year in review/race in review" races from the 80s?
For US sports fans, you can think of him as analogous to the commentary on the iconic "NFL Films" clips from the 80s and 90s.