A Salon columnist compares Trump to the Cyclops in “The Odyssey.” He has a point.
Tag Archives: Homer
Plato Anxious about Lit’s Pyschic Impact
Plato’s complaints about literature show up in censorship battles today. They testify to power of literature to invite imitation.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aescylus, Hesiod, Iliad, mimesis, neurocriticism, Plato, Republic Comments closed
The Complex Inner Life of Teachers
Lily King’s “The English Teacher” is filled with literary lllusions, most of them thematically important.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Voice", Annabelle Lee, Beowulf, Edgar Allen Poe, Huckleberry Finn, Love Song of J. Alfred Pruforck, Mark Twain, Odyssey, Othello, Rose for Emily, T. S. Eliot, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, William Faulkner, William Shakespeare Comments closed
In Praise of the Liberal Arts
NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof recently sang the praises of the liberal arts and talked about the vital importance of literature.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ernest Hemingway, Iliad, Jhumpa Lahiri, Khaled Hosseini, Liberal arts education, Odyssey, Old Man and the Sea, Toni Morrison Comments closed
Loud Sneezes, a Sign from the Gods
My loud sneezes, according to Homer, as a sign from the gods.
The Return of King James
Lebron’s return to Cleveland is like Odysseus’ return to Ithaka.
Warning Labels for the Classics
Suggestions that certain classics come with “trigger warnings” leads of the following reflection.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged censorship, Geoffrey Chaucer, Iliad, Importance of Being Earnest, John Milton, Oscar Wilde, Paradise Lost, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Wife of Bath Comments closed
Maybe the Gulfs Will Wash Us Down
Peyton Manning was not Homer’s Odysseus but Tennyson’s Ulysses.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, Football, NFL, Odyssey, Peyton Manning, Roger Federer, Sports, Ulysses Comments closed
Competing Heroic Narratives in Super Bowl
One Super Bowl narrative: Manning as the return of the king. Another narrative: Manning as Laius blocking the way of the next generation. Plus: Belichick-Welker in Oedipal drama.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Belichick, Denver Broncos, Odyssey, Oedipus, Peyton Manning, Seattle Seahawks, Sophocles, Super Bowl, Wes Welker Comments closed
