Housman’s Ideas about Poetic Inspiration in Later Writers (1) Since Dennis has such a great interest in Housman, I usually try to make a mental note when I come across references to him in other writers. This is Continue Reading →
Bakhtin You may occasionally run across Mikhail Bakhtin in the footnotes of more recent works of criticism on ancient authors. Terry Eagleton has a review of Continue Reading →
Stegner and the Lacrimae Rerum There is a nice oblique reference in Wallace Stegner’s novel Crossing to Safety to Aeneas’ reaction to the depictions of Troy in Book 1 of the Aeneid. Continue Reading →
