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Hegel’s Logic: You have been taught the Hegelian system wrongly
It is no coincidence I have chosen Dutch painter Judith Leyster’s The Last Drop as the “pictorial reference”, as it were, for this crucial issue of which I am, at long last, about to expound. I touched on this in my Walt Whitman essay and later in my commentary on King Lear; but, what instigated… Continue reading
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Emily Dickinson is a cornerstone of Western Literature
I intend this short, introductory essay to be a companion to my “Dissecting Dickinson” series in which I analyse (or, as it was, dissect) Dickinson’s poems. Each are linked here: From Blank to Blank —My wheel is in the dark!The Guest is gold and crimson Within Harold Bloom’s The Western Canon there are approximately 800… Continue reading
Paradiso 