On one level, it is easy to see both Murry’s humanism and Woolf’s visions as a means of self-promotion, resting as they do on a personal engagement with the text rather than the detached, analytical methods of the newly professionalised humanities. This, of course, leaves both Woolf and Murry open to many of the charges levelled at literary criticism when its entry into university syllabuses was first mooted: that it … Read the rest
Tag: Culture
Catching Up with the Calamitys
Tulle-wrapped vases dazzled under the crisp light of the
chandelier. One lone rose dangled from each vase, extending
a lonely shadow on the surface of the mahogany table. Fluted glasses
accompanied porcelain plates, and scarlet-hued napkins were folded
neatly on the fine china. The faint aroma of nectarine and honey wafted
throughout the dining area, curling faintly from a tall, tapered candle
which was placed precisely in the center of … Read the rest