Books that describe imaginary books seem to offer us special portals to magical worlds.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Tom Brady Channels Medea’s Fury
Lack of respect can lead to fury and destruction. As it was with Medea, so it was last week with Tom Brady.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Euripides, Football, Medea, New England Patriots, NFL, Sports, Tom Brady Comments closed
You Don’t Have to Read between the Lines
To teach poetry successfully, focus initially on what is being said and why people care about it. The form of the poem should come last.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Craft Reader, Robert Herrick, Robert Scholes, teaching poetry Comments closed
Eclipses in Literature
Yesterday’s lunar eclipse brought to mind a couple of books that mention eclipses.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, eclipses, Hergé, lunar eclipse, Mark Twain, solar eclipse, Temple of the Sun Comments closed
Comedy & Sentiment, a Potent Mixture
Literature that moves the heart seems opposed to comedy, but sometimes they work together.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Charles Dickens, Clarissa, Comedy, couples comedy, Henry Fielding, Henry MacKenzie, Jane Austen, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Man of Feeling, Old Curiosity Shop, Oscar Wilde, romantic comedy age of sensibility, Samuel Richardson, Sense and Sensibility, Thomas Hobbes, Tom Jones Comments closed
Literature as a Social Activity
Literature becomes especially interesting when it enters social situations.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Haruki Murakami, Lawrence Sterne, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, Tristram Shandy Comments closed
Rich Reflects on Yom Kippur & Conflict
Adrienne Rich’s meditates on the meaning of Yom Kippur in light of America’s divisions and her own longing for solitude.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Prelude", "Yom Kippur 1984", Adrienne Rich, Judaism, Robinson Jeffers, Walt Whitman, Yom Kippur Comments closed
