(November 10, 2022 at 9:27 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(November 10, 2022 at 8:44 pm)Jehanne Wrote: We're splitting hairs:
Wikipedia -- Literary Criticism
Wikipedia -- Historical Criticism
I wasn’t talking about the two criticisms as areas of study. I was pointing out what strikes me as a flaw in the story as a story. There is no hair-splitting taking place.
I think you’re being deliberately obtuse.
Boru
You claimed that it "was not a historical conclusion", and my point in response is that, sometimes, absence of evidence is evidence of absence.