Great political novels are rich in spiritual attitude. Poor ones are agenda driven.
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Tag Archives: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Great Political Novels Not Agenda Driven
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Easter 1916", American Pastoral, Berger's Daughter, fathers and sons, Henry James, Ivan Turgenev, Joseph Conrad, Literary Theory, Nadine Gordimer, Natalia Ginzburg, Orhan Pamuk, Philip Roth, political novel, snow, Stendahl, V.S. Naipaul, Vargas Llosa, William Butler Yeats Comments closed
Lit Explains Romney’s Off-Putting Laugh
Lewis Carroll, Kundera, and Dostoevsky help us understand why Mitt Romney’s laugh makes us nervous.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alice in Wonderland, Encounter, Idiot, Laughter, Lewis Carroll, Milan Kundera, Mitt Romney, politics Comments closed
“Harry, I Am Your Father” – Voldemort
Voldemort can be interpreted as the father in Harry Potter’s primal scene.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Brothers Karamazov, Carl Jung, fathers, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, Joseph Campbell, Maturation, Oedipus complex, Sigmund Freud Comments closed
Fed, Rafa, Djoker–A Sibling Drama
Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic are like the brothers in a Dostoevsky novel or a Grimm Brothers fairy tale: the two older brothers focus on each other and then the unassuming younger brother comes in and takes over.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Brothers Karamazov, Grimm Brothers, Invisible Man, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Ralph Ellison, Roger Federer, Sports, tennis Comments closed
With Aging, Abundant Recompense
In a follow-up to yesterday’s post where I talked about my cancer-ridden friend Alan, I examine another passage from The Brothers Karamazov. This one is focused on aging generally, not just death. If you ever find yourself getting depressed about getting old, check it out. And check out as well William Wordsworth’s Intimations […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aging, Brothers Karamazov, Intimations of Immortality, Nature, Tintern Abbey, William Wordsworth Comments closed
A Tiny Seed Can Save a Church
Spiritual Sunday Like many mainline Protestant churches, our little Episcopalian congregation in St. Mary’s City, Maryland is having money difficulties. The expense of aging buildings plus a recession that wiped out much of our endowment has forced us to hold fairly continuous fundraisers to balance the budget. People have become testy and […]
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