Day: December 3, 2021
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December 3, 2021
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
Listen to “Misty Mountain Hop” by Led Zeppelin while reading today’s blog.
In The Meaning of Travel by Emily Thomas, she explains that mountains used to be feared, vile, despicable places. In literature, they were described with disdain and hatred. She quotes John Donne’s “Anatomy of the world” in which he calls mountains “warts and pock-holes” as one example (113).