My recent bout with the flu has me revisiting Heart of Darkness. It may not be malaria but it’s plenty unpleasant.
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Tag Archives: Heart of Darkness
How Sociopaths Like DJT Escape Justice
Brundage’s magnificent crime novel “All Things Cease to Appear” frustrates our longing for accountability—as does DJT.
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The Darkness at the Heart of Whiteness
Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” is all too applicable to the Musk administration’s attempts to destroy America.
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Going Gently into That Good Night–Or Not
In which I pull on Kenyon, Dylan Thomas, Conrad, Chandler, Lawrence and others in an attempt to penetrate the mysteries of dying.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Do Not Go Gentle", "Fern Hill", "In Blackwater Woods", "Let Evening Come", Big Sleep, D. H. Lawrence, death and dyiing, Dylan Thomas, Jane Kenyon, Joseph Conrad, Mary Oliver, Raymond Chandler, Sons and Lovers Comments closed
Orientalizing the Other
In my postcolonial lit course, I applied Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism to Haggard’s “She” and Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” It’s not pretty.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Snake Charmer", "To His Mistress Going to Bed", Andrew Marvell, Colonialism, Edward Said, empire building, H. Rider Haggard, John Donne, Joseph Conrad, Orientalism, She, To His Coy Mistress Comments closed
Celebrate Work? or Complain about It?
For Labor Day, two poems (Brecht, Piercy) about jobs that degrade. But the poems themselves offer solace.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Pirate Jenny's Song", "Secretary Chant", Bertolt Brecht, Joseph Conrad, Kurt Weil, Labor Day, Marge Piercy, Threepenny Opera, Work Comments closed
Sickness Strikes Again
I my recent bout with Covid, passages from “Heart of Darkness” and “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” came to mind.
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“Citizen Kane” Foretells Trump
“Citizen Kane” is Trump’s favorite movie. It matches up only too well with his presidency.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged authoritarianism, Citizen Kane, Dante, Donald Trump, Election 2020, It Can't Happen Here, Joseph Conrad, Orson Welles, Purgatory, Sinclair Lewis Comments closed
Heart of Darkness as Military Manual
According to this military officer, “Heart of Darkness” provides a warning about what ill-conceived military incursions can do to servicemen and women.