Literary-Blog
Justice does not require laws
“O wrapped in shamelessness, with your mind forever on profit, how shall any one of the Achaians ready obey you either to go on a journey or to fight strongly...
Justice does not require laws
“O wrapped in shamelessness, with your mind forever on profit, how shall any one of the Achaians ready obey you either to go on a journey or to fight strongly...
"Passion is unending intoxication,.."
As I read “Malinovka Heights “ by Ivan Goncharov, which I highly recommend, today’s passage caught my attention. The one clause in this passage that I found particularly disturbing was,...
"Passion is unending intoxication,.."
As I read “Malinovka Heights “ by Ivan Goncharov, which I highly recommend, today’s passage caught my attention. The one clause in this passage that I found particularly disturbing was,...
" His presence added nothing to society..."
“What is being said in detail, and how?” is one of the four questions I was taught to ask when reading imaginative literature. Reflecting on today’s passage I think about...
" His presence added nothing to society..."
“What is being said in detail, and how?” is one of the four questions I was taught to ask when reading imaginative literature. Reflecting on today’s passage I think about...
"..descend for a moment into the realm of this ...
“Read in quest of minds more original than your own”. -Harold Bloom- Today’s passage is from the rather lengthy opening paragraph from Nikolai Gogol's “The Old World Landowners." It's a...
"..descend for a moment into the realm of this ...
“Read in quest of minds more original than your own”. -Harold Bloom- Today’s passage is from the rather lengthy opening paragraph from Nikolai Gogol's “The Old World Landowners." It's a...
"..his face, ....pure in line, as though carved...
Read slow and deep to fully extract every drop of meaning from a passage. There is a famous Russian novel written by Ivan Turgenev that focuses on underlying tensions within...
"..his face, ....pure in line, as though carved...
Read slow and deep to fully extract every drop of meaning from a passage. There is a famous Russian novel written by Ivan Turgenev that focuses on underlying tensions within...
"..respect each..human begin!"
Today’s passage is from a Russian play that is set in a derelict boarding house where a group of society's outcasts—prostitutes, thieves, casual laborers, the destitute and the derelicts—quarrel, play...
"..respect each..human begin!"
Today’s passage is from a Russian play that is set in a derelict boarding house where a group of society's outcasts—prostitutes, thieves, casual laborers, the destitute and the derelicts—quarrel, play...