For social and political barometers, try Heaney for optimism, Yeats for pessimism.
Tag Archives: Joe Biden
Yeats, Not Heaney, for Dark Times
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Lit for Understanding the Biden Voter
To understand “the Joe Biden” voter, start with August Wilson’s “Fences.”
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Eeyore Sums Up the Modern GOP
Eeyore delivers a cutting judgment that applies to how the GOP is enabling Trump in undermining the presidential transition.
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Biden’s Love for James Joyce
Joe Biden’s favorite poet is Seamus Heaney, his favorite fiction writer James Joyce. While he expresses admiration for “Ulysses,” I think he might prefer “Dubliners.”
Heaney and Biden, Two Great Souls
Joe Biden’s fondness for Seamus Heaney indicates a man who is “patient, reasonable, and full of unmistakable human compassion.”
Seamus Heaney’s Healing Vision
Seamus Heaney’s “Cure at Troy” points toward a country’s possibility for healing, a powerful vision as America emerges from the Trump presidency and a contentious election.
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Our New President Understands Suffering
America has elected a president who understands suffering. A passage from Aeschylus’s “Agamemnon” seems right.
2020: Wandering between Two Worlds
A witty riff on a T. S. Eliot line and an illusion to a Matthew Arnold poem neatly capture the 2020 election results.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Hollow Men", "Stanzas from the Grand Chartreuse", Donald Trump, Election 2020, Matthew Arnold, T. S. Eliot Comments closed
