the spilling of mystery i recently received my copy of ‘the killing of history’. i don’t know when i’m going to have a chance to read it, but i was happy to see that there is Continue Reading →
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Continue Reading →
what is a classicist? today i read t.s. eliot’s essay ‘what is a classic?’ (given as lecture to virgil society in 1944, published 1945). much to the chagrin and scorn, i su Continue Reading →