An Oliver poem and a Murdoch observation for the month of May.
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Is a Fair Election Fight Still Possible?
“Prince Caspian” has a fight that foregrounds the issues the U.S. confronts regarding free and fair elections.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 2020 election, C.S. Lewis, GOP, J.R.R. Tolkien, January 6 insurrection, Lord of the Rings, Prince Caspian, voter suppression Comments closed
O Virgin Mother, Daughter of the Sun
To celebrate Mother’s Day, here’s the moment in “Paradiso” when Dante meets Mary.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Ode to the West Wind", Dante, Divine Comedy, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Paradiso, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Virgin Mary Comments closed
Built Out of Peasants & Pieces of Glass
An enjoyable Scott Bates poem about how phallic structures don’t last forever.
Great Teachers Inspire Great Teachers
This being Teacher Appreciation Week, I nominate Charlotte Bronte’s Miss Temple as exemplary teacher.
Johnson: Read the Bard, Not Tom Jones
I share the Samuel Johnson chapter from my book-in-progress.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Aristotle, Clarissa, Henry Fielding, Horace, Plato, Republic, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Tom Jones, William Shakespeare Comments closed
