Miller’s novel “Circe” engages with a long tradition of Circe and Odysseus depictions, including those of Homer, Virgil, Euripides, Sophocles, Dante, Tennyson, and Atwood.
Monthly Archives: November 2020
The Sexual Politics of Circe-Odysseus
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The GOP’s Monster Continues to Strike
Many have talked about how the GOP created a Frankenstein’s monster in Trump. They can also be seen as a Circe (from Madeline Miller’s novel) creating Scylla.
Remember the Real Meaning of Christmas
Jim McPherson’s “Christmas Humbug” reminds us what the Advent season should really be about.
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Trump Should Concede Like Cleopatra
Friday Now that Donald Trump has instructed his flunky in the General Services Agency to fund President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition, we have as close to a concession from Donald Trump as we are likely to get. Last week I compared Trump to King Lear, a leader who departs the scene badly. Thanks to an article […]
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Joys Are Snowflakes, They Drift and Stray
Hungarian poet Reményik Sándor reminds us to be thanking for the tiny sonders that we encounter from day to day.
Inferno’s Ditch Reserved for Mitch
Republicans enabling Trump in his attempts to subvert the 2020 election have a special place reserved from them in Dante’s Inferno: Circle 8, Bolgia 8.
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“Citizen Kane” Foretells Trump
“Citizen Kane” is Trump’s favorite movie. It matches up only too well with his presidency.
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