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Category Archives: Literature
Wallace Stevens – The Death of a Soldier (1931)
On this Armistice Day, which marks the end of World War I, and writ larger, the supreme sacrifices made by soldiers of all nations, here is “The Death of a Soldier” by the incredibly-visionary-and-way-ahead-of-his-time poet Wallace Stevens, a poem which … Continue reading
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Time and Permanence in T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets
Philosophy professor Pedro Blas González discusses “Time and Permanence in T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets“: T. S. Eliot begins Burnt Norton with a reflection of time as cyclical. Because time-past and present are enveloped by time-future, Eliot suggests that “all … Continue reading
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Lovecraft’s Anti-Humanism
In The New Statesman, John Gray discusses H.P. Lovecraft: Lovecraft’s anti-mythology of slimy, inhuman creatures reflected an unresolved struggle within himself. He firmly rejected religious mythologies that accorded humankind a special place in the scheme of things, but he could … Continue reading
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Trailer: Inherent Vice (2014)
The official trailer for P.T. Anderson’s upcoming movie Inherent Vice is out. Being a noir fanatic, I read the Thomas Pynchon novel last year and loved it. Inherent Vice is like… well… imagine putting into a literary blender Raymond Chandler’s … Continue reading
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Rudyard Kipling: The Beginnings (1917)
It was posted over at Occidental Observer and I’m reposting this poem from that great, clear-sighted, conservative Brit, Rudyard Kipling. Methinx this sort of ‘awakening’ is now taking place in England. It may even someday take place here in the … Continue reading
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Stefan Zweig: The Rediscovered Jew of Mitteleuropa
The Jewish intelligentsia is ecstatic at the Stefan Zweig ‘revival’ taking place (which is basically a function of New York Jewish writers increasingly writing about Zweig.) The latest is Adam Kirsch in The New Republic (“One of Liberalism’s Greatest Defenders … Continue reading
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500 New Fairytales Discovered in Germany
From The Guardian, a major event for Folklore Studies: A whole new world of magic animals, brave young princes and evil witches has come to light with the discovery of 500 new fairytales, which were locked away in an archive … Continue reading
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Kafka’s Jewish Perspectivism
“Kafka, however unmistakable the ethnic source of his ‘liveliness’ and alienation, avoided Jewish parochialism, and his allegories of pained awareness take upon themselves the entire European—that is to say, predominantly Christian—malaise.” — John Updike, from his Introduction to Kafka’s Collected … Continue reading
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Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez had died at the age of 87. Despite Márquez’s leftism, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most stunning pieces of literature I’ve ever read. Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist whose “One Hundred Years … Continue reading
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Blood Meridian: Children’s Book
Blood Meridian, envisioned as a children’s book:
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