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: Philip Pullman
Pullman’s Debt to the Romantic Poets
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Pullman’s Warning about Closed Societies
In Pullman’s “Rose Field,” there is an eloquent critique of ideological purists.
Pullman’s Resounding Fantasy Defense
In his latest novel, Pullman shows the dangers of a world that turns its back on the imagination.
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Pullman Anticipates ICE Brutality
In “The Secret Commonwealth,” Pullman anticipates ICE’s bullying tactics.
No, A.I. Will Not Change How We Read Lit
Will A.I. change how people read lit, as this New Yorker article claims? Uh, no.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged artificial intelligence, Bleak House, Bluesky, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Joshua Rothman, Richard Hugo, Tobias Smollett, Tobias Wilson-Bates Comments closed
I Am the Bread of Life
Jesus declared that he was “the bread of life.” These poems explore the metaphor.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Blessing the Bread", "Book of Verses", "Corpus Christi", "Meditation on John 6:51", "Ode to Bread", "Stepping Westward", Christ, Denise Levertov, Edward Taylor, eucharist, Evelyn Underhill, Geoffrey Chaucer, Lynn Ungar, Omar Khayyam, Pablo Neruda, Rubaiyat, Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Comments closed
Philip Pullman’s Unorthodox Afterlife
In “Amber Spyglass,” Pullman rebels against orthodox versions of the afterlife and creates his own.
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The Poetry of Holy Bread
I share a church talk on “The Poetry of Bread” where I shared poems by Levertov, Ungar, Neruda, Underhill, and others.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Bread", "Blessing the Bread", "Book of Verses", "Corpus Christi", "Meditation on John 6:51", "Ode to Bread", "Stepping Westward", Christ, Denise Levertov, Edward Taylor, eucharist, Evelyn Underhill, Geoffrey Chaucer, Lynn Ungar, Omar Khayyam, Pablo Neruda, Rubaiyat, Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Comments closed