Okay, I see your point. However, I imagine that this would be a little like me trying to get through Paradise Lost for the first time, while barely knowing anything about the epic tradition that's as important an influence as Christianity. An excellent critical edition of the text with lots of useful footnotes caught all these references for me.
Of course, there might not be annotated editions of the more obscure 17th-century authors, but the standard writers of the canon should have been covered. So, why do all the work yourself when diligent generations of scholars have already done it for you? :)
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Date: 2008-08-28 05:57 pm (UTC)Of course, there might not be annotated editions of the more obscure 17th-century authors, but the standard writers of the canon should have been covered. So, why do all the work yourself when diligent generations of scholars have already done it for you? :)