Tag Archives: Age of Reason

Revolutionary Mother Goose

By Robin Bates | Published: February 26, 2024

Mother goose rhymes, nonsense verse, and playful fantasy are essential to our mental health.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Owl and the Pussycat", Alice in Wonderland, Alice through the Looking Glass, anarchy, Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, Edward Lear, Essay on Human Understanding, John Locke, Lewis Carroll, Mother Goose | Comments closed

Authentic Awareness vs. Reason

By Robin Bates | Published: May 6, 2018

In Nicole Krauss’s “Dark Forest,” we see a character’s hunger for magic and mystery and her battle with Enlightenment Reason.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Dark Forest, Descartes, Enlightenment, Nicole Krauss | Comments closed

How Fantasy Saves Our Souls

By Robin Bates | Published: April 13, 2015

Great fantasy can always be seen as oppositional, pushing against prevailing modes of thought and opening up portals into new human possibilities.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Bacchae, Don Quixote, Enlightenment, Euripides, fantasy, Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Miguel de Cervantes, Scientific Revolution, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tracks | Comments closed