writing
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Shakespeare’s King Lear, scene 1.1: Full commentary
The Tragedy of King Lear may very well be Shakespeare’s crowning achievement, and possibly the best play written in literary history. Personally, I am divided between King Lear and Hamlet, though in periods Othello and Macbeth will make their appearance, in periods Antony and Cleopatra or Measure for Measure. Even The Tempest, Twelfth Night or… Continue reading
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The Walt Whitman series: Song of Myself. Part 1/3
Why Whitman’s Song of Myself? There is no poem like Song of Myself. Nowhere in literary history does one find such extraordinary originality, reinvention of language, and baffling aesthetic merit as in Song of Myself. Yet Whitman is still to this day both misunderstood and critically undervalued. This issue is part one of three that… Continue reading
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Defending The Western Canon, vol. I (Where we are headed)
It is a tragic realisation that most colleges and universities in the West have moved away from studying, inquiring into, and appreciating the importance and stunning beauty of the Western canon, which, after all, is the backbone of our society — our birth certificate, if you will. Instead, the oppression of our most significant authors… Continue reading
The Western Canon 