Have Democrat’s suffered from a lack of imagination? Literature can help fix that. (For instance, “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Ozymandias.”)
Tag Archives: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Lit, a Critical Defense against Fascism
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ozymandias", 1984, anti-abortion movement, censorship, E. D. Hirsch, Fascism, George Orwell, Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Robert Hubbell, Trumpism Comments closed
Trump as Mrs. Elton and Ozymandias
Trump’s vulgar tarting up of the White House brings to mind Mrs. Elton’s lack of class in “Emma.” And then there’s his resemblance to Ozymandias.
Is Rousseau Ruining Today’s Youth?
A Wall Street Journal columnist argues that Rousseau is responsible for today’s lost youth. That and not reading classic lit.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Classicism, Emile, Gustave Flaubert, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Madame Bovary, Narnia, Paul and Virginia, Romanticism, Secret Garden, Triumph of Life, young adult literature Comments closed
Philip Pullman’s Unorthodox Afterlife
In “Amber Spyglass,” Pullman rebels against orthodox versions of the afterlife and creates his own.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "World", "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep", Adonais, Aeschylus, Afterlife, Amber Spyglass, Dante, Divine Comedy, Eumenides, Golden Compass, Henry Vaughan, Inferno, life after death, Mary Elizabeth Frye, Oresteia trilogy, Paradiso, Philip Pullman Comments closed
God Reaches Us through Art
I share a talk about the relationship between God and creativity. Authors mentioned: Shelley, Homer, Plato, Silko, Walker, Clifton.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode to the West Wind", "the light that came to lucille clifton", Alice Walker, Artist's Way, Ceremony, Color Purple, Creativity, Homer, Intimations of Immortality, Ion, John Milton, Julia Cameron, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lucille Clifton, Paradise Lost, Plato, poetic muse, Republic, William Wordsworth Comments closed
Looking Forward, Not Back
Seeking to resurrect Troy, Aeneas takes on a challenge also facing America.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Hellas", Alfred Lord Tennyson, declining empires, Donald Trump, Make America Great Again, Ulysses Comments closed
O Virgin Mother, Daughter of the Sun
To celebrate Mother’s Day, here’s the moment in “Paradiso” when Dante meets Mary.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode to the West Wind", Dante, Divine Comedy, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Paradiso, Virgin Mary Comments closed
Byron, Shelley & Greek Independence
A case can be made that Byron and Shelley poems had a tangible effect on the 1820s Greek rebellion.
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Lit & Nature Light Up Same Parts of Brain
The brain doesn’t distinguish between reading about something and actually experiencing it. This has interesting implications for lit.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Defence of Poetry, language, MRI imaging, neurocriticism Comments closed
