In Secret Commonwealth and Rose Field, Pullman takes inspiration from the great Romantic poets in his quest to keep the imagination open.
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Tag Archives: Percy Shelley
Pullman’s Debt to the Romantic Poets
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Big Beautiful Bill, Perfect in Its Rottenness
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” was perfect in its rottenness in the same way that William Carlos Williams’s rotten apple is perfect.
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They Oz You Up, Your Mandias
A double parody to lighten your mood—on “Ozymandias” and Larkin’s “This Be the Verse.”
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Trump’s Anarchy vs. No Kings Rallies
Shelley’s “Masque of Anarchy” describes Trumpism’s anarchy but also shows a powerful way to respond.
Irony and the GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill
The GOP’s “big beautiful bill” is perfect in its rottenness–like William Carlos Williams’ rotten apple in “Perfection.”
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Percy Shelley’s Cry for Freedom
“England in 1819,” written to protest George III and the Peterloo Massacre, sounds all too relevant today.
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A Woman 600 Years Ahead of Her Time
If Chaucer’s created a timeless and transcendent character in the Wife of Bath, it is because he listened–really listened–to women.
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Trump’s Judges, Pale Riders
The danger of Trump’s Supreme Court is captured in Shelley’s poem “The Masque of Anarchy.”
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