It seems, a Chinese friend of mine has said, that the English speaking people learn to write before thay learn to read; and, when one contemplates the mass of printed matter that issues daily from the presses of our land of nearly one hundred percent literacy, one may be inclined to believe that even before they learn to write, Americans learn how to get themselves published. At any rate, it … Read the rest
The Liberal Fallout
Omnia verba suis locis optima; etiam sordida dicuntur propria.
—Quintilian
Rereading Gregory Corsos Bomb, spread out before me to its full length for this occasion, it occurred to me that if he would abandon his mind to it, a man might write such stuff forever, Sir.And not just this one man,but many men many women, and many children.The trick, i then thought, is all in the abandoning in the really … Read the rest
The Way
Life suddenly means something, I can , at last, feel.I had in a vacuum for so long,ever since I was a child.Things meant a lot to me as a child,especially little things,Big, billowy clouds perched over green mountains,frogs jumping off mossy logs into stagnant quarry water, snowball fights in a white golf course , a cool breeze,a dog licking my face , my father talking politics, pancakes all were significant … Read the rest
Wagner Literary
In the first meeting with the editorial board of the Wagner Literary Magazine ,Professor Willard Mass, the newly appointed Faculty advisor expressed some as tonishment at the ecidently beat chracter of the most promising student writing submitted for publication.A campaign was at once undertaken to obtain further material from the student body and to perfect their manuscripts.The best products of that campaign are presented here.
Professor Maas meanwhile, interested in … Read the rest
Irish Literary Society of London
Dublin University Review Founded in 1885, the Dublin University Review was a high-toned monthly magazine catering to a general readership. The review was edited by the political economist Charles Hubert Oldham (1860–1926), the leader of a “small group of intellectual Protestant Home Rulers in Trinity College” and the moving spirit behind the Contemporary Club (W. B. Yeats 45), and by the poet-journalist T. W. Rolleston (1857–1920), who would later become … Read the rest
DENIAL AND BELIEF in LAZARUS
Leonid Andreyev’s short story Lazarus begins with a celebration of life, which is also a denial of death. Later in the story this denial is crushed and death emerges victorious over everything.
Lazarus is met by his relatives and friends as if he was a man returning from a war, and like a war veteran who had been exhausted by the war and needed psychological revival which could only be … Read the rest
An Analysis on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Act I Scene II
PART II
It must be moving to watch at the stage the entrance of Caesar with his retinue, especially upon the scene where Cassius has been cursing him. There are Brutus and Cassius isolated from other people, and involved in a secret talked. And there appears Caesar with a crowd. However, the effect produced is contrary to the expected, such as magnificent Caesar walking nobly with his people hailing him … Read the rest
An Analysis on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Act I Scene II
Part 1
The scene begins with a public event, a foot race, where Mark Antony is also running. We hear Caesar quite confident with himself, giving orders to people who are listening to him and obeying his orders. Even Casca the conspirator appears to be an obedient man, telling people to be quiet and listen to Caesar. This is the background of the scene. There is peace and order. Things … Read the rest
LAZARUS
When Lazarus rose from the grave, after three days and nights in the
mysterious thraldom of death, and returned alive to his home, it was a
long time before any one noticed the evil peculiarities in him that
were later to make his very name terrible. His friends and relatives
were jubilant that he had come back to life. They surrounded him with
tenderness, they were lavish of their eager … Read the rest
EDWARD II (1307-1327)
THE STORY BEHIND AN INCOMPETENT KING
“Starved of affection during childhood, ignored by his father in adolescence, and confronted by unsolved problems at his accession, Edward II sought advice, friendship, even affection, from ambitious favourites.”(Morgan, 176) It is strange that a king should be seeking affection and be in need of friendship. In fact, what is strange is that such a man as Edward II should be a king. But … Read the rest