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Tag Archives: Leo Tolstoy
Fani Willis’s Big Baggy Monster
The Georgia Trump indictment is like a “big baggy monster” whereas Jack Smith’s narrower indictment is like a Flaubert novel.
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Ukraine: What Would Leo and Fyodor Do?
Dostoevsky and Tolstoy’s novels work as indictments of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Anna Karenina, Brothers Karamazov, Child Abuse, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Hadji Murat, Resurrection, Russian Invasion of Ukraine, sadism, Vladimir Putin, War and Peace Comments closed
The Very Model of a Modern Russian General
Tweeters have been busy finding literary allusions to capture the incompetence of Russia’s armed forces in Ukraine.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Gilbert and Sullivan, Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, Pirates of Penzance, Ukraine invasion, War and Peace, William S. Gilbert Comments closed
Reading Poetry as Religious Experience
There is a spiritual dimension to reading literature that is worth exploring.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Georges Poulet, Lectio Divina, Matthew Arnold, poetry and spirituality, Thor Magnus Tangeras Comments closed
Putin Quoting Tolstoy? Puleeze!
Putin claimed to quote Tolstoy but didn’t in his meeting with Biden. What he says is reminiscent of Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit, however.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Flannery O'Connor, Good Man Is Hard to Find, Joe Biden, Soul, Vladimir Putin, War and Peace Comments closed
Is GOP a Death Cult? Ask Tolstoy
Has the GOP become a death cult. Tolstoy’s description of suicidal behavior from Napoleon’s soldiers suggests yes.