Back when Eliot Spitzer spitzered himself, we wondered if his tragedy was Greek or Shakespearean. With the help of a UAlbany professor, we settled on Greek. It seems the former governor agreed. (Also: one should be careful using the phrase "important physical release" with regard to Eliot Spitzer.)
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But to add to the literary analogies, Spitzer's former advisor Lloyd Constantine has authored a new book (out next week) about the Spitzer debacle called "Journal of a Plague Year." That title is a direct copy of Daniel Defoe's 1722 "Journal of a Plague Year," a fictional account of the plague in London in 1665.
[I'm a literature wonk myself.]
... said chrisck on Mar 4, 2010 at 10:15 AM | link
Eliot is lucky he was not a contemporary of Daniel Defoe. Defoe's political activites landed him in a pillory for 3 days followed by prison. The pillory is a rather unpleasant place to be since one is publicly subject to whatever the "mob" wishes.
... said TM on Mar 4, 2010 at 10:38 AM | link