Maureen Dowd compares Trump to Dracula and the Ancient Mariner. The comparisons are worth exploring.
Tag Archives: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Gods Speaks through the Imagination
Jesus’s parables are exercises in imagining the kingdom of heaven come to earth.
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Sickness Strikes Again
I my recent bout with Covid, passages from “Heart of Darkness” and “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” came to mind.
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Coleridge’s Nightmare LIFE-IN-DEATH
Think of “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” as a Halloween poem.
Aslan as Eco Warrior
Lewis’s Aslan is a bold creative stroke that opens up environmental possibilities for Christianity.
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Poets and Climate Change’s 5-Alarm Fire
Literature has a role to play in the fight against climate change. Coleridge early on showed us how.
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Poetry Complements the Intellectual Life
In the grip of an arid intellect resulting in depression, philosopher John Stuart Mill turned to poetry.
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