Tag Archives: Angus Fletcher

Self-Satire’s Medicinal Properties

By Robin Bates | Published: October 23, 2023

In “Wonderworks,” Fletcher contends that self-satire helped Socrates deal with death.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged death of Socrates, Douglas Adams, fear of death, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Irony, Phaedo, Plato, satire, Socrates, Wonderworks | Comments closed

How Lit Inspires Courage and Love

By Robin Bates | Published: October 19, 2023

Fletcher in “Masterworks” argues that epic narrative can boost courage and lyric disclosure can do the same for love.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Fragment 16", "He seems to me a god", courage, Homer, Iliad, literature as self help, love, Masterworks, Odyssey, Sappho | Comments closed

Got a Problem? Call a Poet

By Robin Bates | Published: October 8, 2023

Tragedy, it turns out, is a powerful literary form for dealing with posttraumatic fear.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Aeschylus, Agamemnon, Aristotle, bibliotherapy, catharsis, literary technique, Oedipus, philosophy, posttraumatic fear, PTSD, Rhetoric, Sigmund Freud, sophists, Sophocles, Wonderworks | Comments closed

Lit’s Neurological Benefits

By Robin Bates | Published: September 6, 2023

In his neurological study of fiction’s impact, Angus Fletcher looks at various literary elements.

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