The archangel Michael in Paradise Lost foretells how people like Pete Hegseth will cite Jesus while behaving like “grievous wolves.”
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Tag Archives: John Milton
MAGA Christians Fall for Satan’s Temptations
We’re hearing reports to certain American military commanders viewing the Iran attack as ordered by Jesus. The need to revisit the account of Satan’s temptation of Jesus (along with Milton’s version).
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Milton, Voltaire, and Trump’s Address
In which I compare Trump’s State of the Union speech to Paradise Lost—well, a little bit—and also to Candide.
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My Son, Second Generation Lit Blogger
In which I praise my son’s second generation literary blogging.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged blogging, Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, Christmas Carol, Goblin Market, Lycidas, Tobias Wilson-Bates Comments closed
Dante’s Inferno and My Cancer Biopsy
Undergoing a biopsy for prostate cancer has sent me to Dante’s ninth circle of Inferno for imagery that captures the experience.
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My Time at Sewanee Military Academy
The latest installment of “my life in literature” series, this one involving my high school years in a military academy.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged adolescence, Catcher in the Rye, Great Gatsby, Homer, Iliad, J.D. Salinger Comments closed
Some Good News, Thanks to the Sun
Bill McKibben reports good news about the world’s conversion to solar so here are poems praising the sun from Larkin and Milton.
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God the Father as Loving Protector
Imagine God, not as an angry father demanding punishment for sin, but a loving father holding us lovingly in His arms. Happy Fathers Day.
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Imagine the Fall from Eve’s Perspective
A Danielle Coffyn poem, posted in response to Republican’s patriarchal efforts to discourage women from voting (the SAVE act).
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "If Adam Picked the Apple", Danielle Coffyn, Feminism, misogyny, Paradise Lost, SAVE act, Trumpism Comments closed