Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” – Part 2
We accuse Marvell of verbal assault and find that he was hardly alone.
Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” – Part 1
What do we do with–how do we read–can we make us of–a classic and famous metaphysical poem which is also misogynistic?
Waywords Podcast Update – Sept 30
The Waywords Podcast is back with new episodes beginning next week!
Pearson’s Archetypes
Carol Pearson’s work following Carl Jung offers us a way to transform our understanding of our own lives, and also how we read the narratives we have so long been taught. I review her strategies for using the archetypes and review her online assessment tool, the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator.
Waypoint: Theophile Gautier’s “Clarimonde”
A reading of “Clarimonde,” an appropriately creepy story befitting the tradition of Winter Solstice ghost stories. This story in French is titled “La Morte Amoureuse.”
Irony and Narrative Distance
Are writers responsible or accountable for what they write? What about readers for what we interpret? How a writer’s use of narration can create irony.
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