Tagged: canon blogging

February 27, 2015

The Epic of Gilgamesh: Sex, Violence, and Death

A strange and lurid tale from ancient Mesopotamia that ultimately tells us that all men must die.

February 8, 2015

Debate between Bird and Fish

Canon-blogging starts again with an ancient Sumerian take on the age-old fight between birds and fish. Who will be victorious?!

February 6, 2015

Re-Blogging the Canon

As Gertrude Stein once told a young writer- Begin again and concentrate.

January 29, 2015

The Lusiads: Poets and Heroes

A look at Portugal’s national epic and how poets create warriors to supply them with material.

Books / The League

January 5, 2015

Some Kind of Life

Notes on Stefan Zweig’s “The Post Office Girl”, assimilation, and shifting fortunes.

Books / The League

January 1, 2015

A year runs fast

Notes on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the passing of a year.

Editor Picks

Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine Vandals

March 27, 2025

James Joyce's Ulysse

POETS Day! On James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Few Poems Thrown In

October 6, 2023

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