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A Gurnsey Tale
Watched a movie that I think is bound to become a classic of our times. It was about a complicated and absolutely thought provoking movie that dealt with things as uncomplicated as love and war and what happens when the … Continue reading
Subversive Words
It’s funny to think of a dictionary as subversive isn’t it? Yet, there was a maelstrom of resistance to changes in how to approach English in 1961. Subversive Words by Michael Romani In 1961, wordsmiths grew defensive Declaring Webster’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Coinage, Critics, Dictionary, English, Equalizer, Flux, Inclusion, Kerfuffle, Leveling Effect, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Political Consequences, Preference, Reference, Shakespeare, Slang, Subversive, Webster, Word Misers, Words, Wordsmith
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Legends Persist
Legends persist throughout our culture. They always have. I believe they always will. https://flic.kr/p/pC38by Legends Persist by Michael Romani Choking on the information age Where everything is instantly all the rage Be it Britney Spears or history The internet is … Continue reading
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Tagged Confucius, Culture, Folktale, Habit, Historical Fact, History, Influence, Information Age, Internet, Jesus, Legends, Mulan, Mythic Figures, Persist, Poem, Poetry, Robin Hood, Shakespeare, Story, Sublime, Sun Tzu, William Tell
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Christopher Marlowe – Edward II
On February 26, 1564, the English playwright, poet and translator, Christopher Marlowe was born. Before his death on May 30, 1593, Marlowe had become the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. It is touted that he was a great inspiration … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Holinshed’s Chronicles
We have previously taken a broad overview of the work called Holinshed’s Chronicles. Today we will take a further look at this with respect to William Harrison’s input and with particular emphasis on Elizabethan punishments. William Harrison was chaplain to Lord … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Plutarch’s Lives
Reputedly on August 29, 30 B.C., Cleopatra took her life after hearing of Antony’s suicide. There is something in his story that begs for a morality play. Shakespeare did his noble best to provide just that. Plutarch’s life of Antony … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony, Cleopatra, Harvard Classics, Plutarch, Plutarch's Parllel Lives, Shakespeare
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Holinshed’s Chronicles
Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland also known simply as Holinshed’s Chronicles is a multi-volume comprehensive history of the British Isles. It was published in two editions. The first in 1577. The second in 1587. Its importance today lies in its … Continue reading
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Tagged British Isles, Diet, England, Havard Classics, Holinshed's Chronicles, Ireland, Macbeth, Marlowe, Scotland, Shakespeare
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Thought For the Day: Music Says What Cannot Be Said But Must Be Expressed
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Victor Hugo, From Hugo’s Work William Shakespeare (1864), Part 1, Book II, Chapter IV
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Tagged Expression, Impossible, Music, Shakespeare, Silence, Thought For the Day, Victor Hugo
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Ego Push
After giving a poetry reading tonight covering some of the classics from Swinburne to Shakespeare and from Burns to Longfellow, I watched part of a martial arts movie. Watching the movie and thinking on the differences between the realities I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Burns, Ego, Fantasy, Hell, Hollywood, Home, Karma, Legacy, Longfellow, Martial Arts, Shakespeare, Soul, Swinburne
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Rumi’s Secret
Day 13 of the month long challenge was to write a ghazal. It’s a nice traditional Persian form that has lent itself to the English literary world. I wrote a poem or two off topic and now am coming … Continue reading
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Tagged Compulsion, Rumi, Secret Love, Shakespeare, Souk, Umayyad Mosque, Walt Whitman
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