In the grip of an arid intellect resulting in depression, philosopher John Stuart Mill turned to poetry.
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Poetry Complements the Intellectual Life
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Depression, Intimations of Immortality, John Stuart Mill, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, utilitarianism, William Wordsworth Comments closed
Bloodless Criticism Undermines Lit
Literature can function as an evasion as well as a guide. But only if we talk about it in evasive ways.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Leda and the Swan", English Teacher, Lily King, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, Thorn Birds, William Butler Yeats Comments closed
Love Nature, Love Humans
Biologist-poet David Haskell taught my students to see the world with playful eyes.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cumberland Mountains, David Haskell, Environmentalism, Forest Unseen, Nature Comments closed
