Trump’s attacks on Leo resemble Henry VIII vs. Thomas More and Henry II vs. Thomas Becket. Works like Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, Bolt’s Man for All Seasons, and Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral explore these dramas.
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Tag Archives: T.S. Eliot
Will No One Rid Me of This Meddlesome Pope?
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T.S. Eliot, Tolkien, Gaiman, and ICE
A post associating a T.S. Eliot quotation, a Tolkien passage, and a Gaiman episode from “American Gods” with ICE’s withdrawal from Minnesota.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged American Gods, Bad Bunny, ICE, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Macbeth, Neil Gaiman, Waste Land, William Shakespeare Comments closed
My Blog as Modernist Project
I repost an essay where I describe by blog and book as a Modernist project, using fragments to “shore up against my ruins” (Eliot’s Waste Land).
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bell Jar, Bourgeois Gentilhomme, modernism, Molière, Sylvia Plath, Waste Land Comments closed
Blog Fragments Shored against My Ruins
In which apply a line from T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land” to this very blog and suddenly understand the project in a new way.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bell Jar, Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Kate Atkinson, Moliere, Sylvia Plath, Waste Land Comments closed
Kamala Harris Meets the Fisher King
Harris rejuvenating the race after taking over from Biden brings to mind the myth of the fisher king.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Chrétien de Troyes, Donald Trump, Election 2024, fisher king, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Perceval, Waste Land Comments closed
Using Poetry to Mourn a Child
Jonathan Foster recent poetry collection “Indigo: The Color of Grief” powerfully captures the death of his child.
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Trump, Stormy, and The Waste Land
The Stormy Daniels-Trump encounter resembles the sordid sex scene found in T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Donald Trump, Manhattan election interference trial, Stormy Daniels, Waste Land Comments closed
When Bicycling, Marvels Coast By
Two weeks of cycling in Madison have brought me to this William Stafford poem.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Maybe Alone on My Bike", "To His Coy Mistress", Andrew Marvell, Bicycles, cycling, Madison WI, Waste Land, William Stafford Comments closed
The Trinity: Beyond, Beside Us, and Within
Maybe, to understand the Trinity, we need poets like Malcolm Guite.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Arian controversy, Four Quartets, Malcolm Guite, Thomas Browne, Trinity, Trinity Sunday Comments closed