tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38982282012-01-29T12:00:18.619-08:00Drafts and NotesAll kinds of things are here.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-87171988935611435632009-02-27T18:20:00.000-08:002009-02-27T18:24:36.896-08:00The History of the Blessed NathanielPalladius tells of a monk Nathaniel, who had died fifteen years prior to Palladius' own arrival in Nitria. Nathaniel left his first cell because a devil was tempting him, and when the devil came to his second cell he repented and returned to the first cell where he remained for thirty-seven years without leaving once.Towards the end of Nathaniel's life, this Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-54049719930996984052009-02-27T17:24:00.000-08:002009-02-27T18:07:20.696-08:00Homily 13Acts 5:17-33Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,"Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life."AndJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-2647965863707948792009-02-07T18:10:00.000-08:002009-02-07T19:31:23.749-08:00Homily 12Acts 4:36 - 5:16And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus,having land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-38752962563240478992009-01-28T15:17:00.000-08:002009-02-07T19:30:54.268-08:00Homily 11Acts 4:23-36And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said:"Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,"who by the mouth of Your servant David have said:'Why did the nations rage,And the people Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-28325934574456929012009-01-19T11:32:00.000-08:002009-01-19T11:39:58.471-08:00The History of Macarius, the Child of his CrossPalladius speaks of a young shepherd named Macarius who had fled to the desert after accidentally committing a murder. After having lived near Macarius for a while, Palladius asked him whether he thought often of the murder. The monk replied, "I am entirely untroubled by it, for I am bound to confess that the sin of this involuntary murder was the Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-38378678525380891462009-01-15T11:44:00.000-08:002009-01-15T12:23:21.907-08:00Homily 10Acts 4:1-22And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them.Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide,Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-29739252312736797662009-01-10T20:25:00.000-08:002009-01-10T21:23:00.421-08:00The Histories of the Natural Brethren Paesius and IsaiahPalladius tells of two brothers who, upon receiving a rich inheritance, decided to become Christians and dedicate their lives to monasticism. The one brother gave everything he had to the poor, found a handicraft to support himself, and lived a life of asceticism and prayer. The other brother kept his money, but used it to build a Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-68848073786853149022009-01-04T13:12:00.000-08:002009-01-04T14:02:55.953-08:00Homily 9Acts 3:12 - 26So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?"The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-56659641174552509702008-12-28T13:34:00.000-08:002008-12-28T13:49:13.542-08:00The History of the Blessed AmmoniusPalladius speaks of Ammonius and his siblings, who had all been disciples of Rabba Pambo and founded both a men's and a women's monastery.A certain city wanted Ammonius to be their bishop, and Timothy the bishop of Alexandria agreed to consecrate him to the episcopacy. To prevent them, Ammonius cut off his left ear and quoted the Levitical law that a man Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-20549855100573533522008-12-28T11:16:00.000-08:002008-12-28T13:36:14.414-08:00Homily 8Acts 3:1-11Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-10434369865306178112008-12-23T19:41:00.000-08:002008-12-23T21:12:49.669-08:00Homily 7Acts 2:37-47Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-87198385313850353652008-12-18T19:54:00.000-08:002008-12-18T21:32:33.147-08:00Homily 6Acts 2:22-36"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know--"Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;"whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-41147434990941105752008-12-13T18:15:00.000-08:002008-12-13T18:27:38.353-08:00The History of the Blessed Man PamboMelha tells Palladius a story of her meeting with Pambo, of a time when she brought a great deal of silver as a gift for the monasteries. Pambo distributed the wealth without treating Melha with any special regard, and she inquired as to whether he knew how much silver she had just given-- three hundred pounds. Pambo replied,"He unto whom thou hast offered Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-21557901801932876552008-12-12T17:58:00.000-08:002008-12-18T19:55:10.379-08:00Homily FiveActs 2:14-21But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words."For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day."But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:"And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,That I will pour out myJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-13237866348985436752008-12-05T18:58:00.000-08:002008-12-05T19:01:50.365-08:00The History of the Blessed Man HorPalladius speaks of a Nitrian monk who died shortly before his arrival named Hor, who never told a lie or spoke an oath, and never spoke at all beyond what was absolutely necessary.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-37178511112247191012008-12-04T20:18:00.000-08:002008-12-04T20:30:06.002-08:00The History of Abba AmmonArsisius tells Palladius of the monk Ammon, who was orphaned at age twenty-two and compelled to marry. He and his wife lived for eighteen years as brother and sister, and then parted ways to both become monastics. Ammon at this time departed to Nitria, where there were yet no monasteries, and became a founder of monasticism in that region.Palladius reports a story from Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-15568052813424092292008-12-03T17:02:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:18:43.642-08:00Concerning the Monks who lived in NitriaPalladius departs from Alexandria and crosses the lake Mareotis to dwell for a year at Mount Nitria. He meets many monks there, and hears of the desert hermits. Near the church were several bakers who provided for the community, and anyone who came and wished to work was invited to join for a year or two. Three whips hung from a palm tree: the first to Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-28253156286351109932008-12-03T16:44:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:19:19.216-08:00The History of Abba Macarius the Alexandrian and a Certain VirginPalladius tells of an Alexandrian virgin who was quite rich but gave nothing to the poor or to the Church, saying that she needed all her money to provide for her niece's wedding. A priest named Macarius, who had been a jewelsmith in his youth, decided to show the virgin the folly of her ways. He approached her saying that he was Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-48446034104108155362008-12-03T16:33:00.000-08:002008-12-03T16:41:03.739-08:00The History of the Maiden AlexandraDidymus tells of an Alexandrian maiden named Alexandra who "shut herself up in a tomb until the end of her life" (95). And "the blessed woman Melha" tells of once asking through a window why Alexandra had shut herself up. When she was young, Alexandra had devoted her live to God as a nun, and was grieved when a young man fell in love with her. So she chose toJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-81552093808602394902008-12-03T16:25:00.000-08:002008-12-03T16:30:47.482-08:00The History of DidymusIn Alexandria Palladius met an old blind man named Didymus who, though he had little formal education, was thoroughly versed in Scripture and in "the belief of the truth." Didymus asked Palladius to pray in his cell and when Palladius refused, the old man told him of a time when Abba Anthony had come to pray in his cell. "Thou also, if thou wishest to walk in his footstepsJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-61405387537195028572008-12-03T16:03:00.000-08:002008-12-03T16:34:27.182-08:00The History of the Virgin PotamiaenaAbba Isidore tells Palladius a story that he had heard from St. Anthony of a young virgin named Potamiaena who was the servant of a wealthy Alexandrian who wanted to sleep with her. Because she refused, he handed her over to the prefect Basilides revealing that she was a Christian. She survived many tortures and, when threatened with death, continued to Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-22858566983878882062008-11-30T11:07:00.000-08:002008-11-30T11:39:00.116-08:00Homily FourActs 2:1-13When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-81339874985310818652008-11-27T06:13:00.001-08:002008-12-03T16:34:05.114-08:00The History of Dorotheos of ThebesAbba Isidore sends Palladius to live for three years with an anchorite named Dorotheos. Palladius leaves early because of an illness, but then returs to Dorotheos. Although an old man, the anchorite spends his days building cells for monks who do not yet have their own cells-- this involves collecting and carrying stones in the desert heat. Palladius asks Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-68849311810741040902008-11-27T06:05:00.000-08:002008-11-27T06:26:04.746-08:00The History of Abba IsidorePalladius' first history is of the monk Isidore, whom he met in Alexandria. Abba Isidore managed an Alexandrian hospital and, now aged seventy, had spent his early spiritual formation in the desert. Palladius marvels at the monk's temperance:On several occasions he burst into tears at the table; and when I asked him, "What is the cause of these tears?" he said unto Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-83370491090475925012008-11-26T13:47:00.000-08:002008-11-27T06:21:30.916-08:00Counsels to LaususThe third section of the Epistle to Lausus gives the correspondent some pastoral guidance. Palladius lists sixteen recommendations for life that "thou shalt sin in no particular" (80). Among are the following:IV. Have no confidence in the belief that that which is placed outside thy soul is in thy possession.XV. Know thou that not even much time will bring oblivion upon one Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-22563318577075786222008-11-25T13:42:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:09:42.932-08:00Homily 3Acts 1:12-26Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey.And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying: Peter, James, John and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James. These all continued with one Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-35663962062576360302008-11-19T17:35:00.000-08:002008-11-27T06:21:43.727-08:00The Plan of the Book [of Paradise, by Palladius]Palladius admits his incompetence to write of the lives of the Holy Fathers, but out of obedience and humility agrees to do what he can. He says that he will write both of the Holy Fathers and Mothers who achieved great things for Christ, and also of those who fell.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-89865094452627567402008-11-16T16:36:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:10:29.897-08:00Homily 2Acts 1:6-11Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority."But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-78569194488138366742008-11-16T10:12:00.000-08:002008-11-27T06:24:42.422-08:00The Epistle of PalladiusThis is a letter of the monk Palladius, bishop of Lausus, to a prefect.For polished words and sentences, or words strung together in admirable order, are not doctrine, for these things are for the most part found with evil-doers and sinners; but this is doctrine, which is the correction of the natural habits and disposition, and the leading of a life of spiritual Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-56913104385995512652008-11-15T09:50:00.000-08:002008-11-15T10:07:31.028-08:00The Paradise of the Holy Fathers: Abba AnthonyI'm reading the end of the life of St. Anthony, and here are some memorable bits.In a discourse with philosophers about Christianity, he emphasized the miracles that they had witnessed:Why marvel ye at this thing? It is not we who have done this, but Christ... Therefore do you also believe even as do we... and see that we possess none of the Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-74737828389186549712008-11-11T13:27:00.000-08:002008-11-15T10:20:43.522-08:00Homily 1, Acts of the ApostlesActs 1:1-5The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,to whom He also presented Himself alive by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-29818534647583701812008-10-21T19:14:00.000-07:002008-11-15T10:21:03.848-08:00Hebrews 4:11-16Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.And there is no creature hidden from his sight, but allJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-27820062862050688322008-09-02T12:12:00.000-07:002008-11-15T10:21:20.385-08:00Homily 6Hebrews 3:7 - 4:10Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:"Today, if you will hear His voice,Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,In the day of trial in the wilderness,Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,And saw My works forty years.Therefore I was angry with that generation,And said, 'They always go astray in their heart,And they have not known My ways.'So I swore in My wrath,'Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-64957275243108447772008-08-27T09:20:00.000-07:002008-11-15T10:36:03.310-08:00Homily 5Hebrews 2:16 - 3:6For indeed He does not give aid to the angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God to make propitiation for the sins of the people.For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-43392441879272687572008-08-22T21:16:00.000-07:002008-11-16T10:12:39.932-08:00Homily 4Hebrews 2:5-15For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.But one testified in a certain place, saying:"What is man that You are mindful of him,Or the son of man that you take care of him?You have made him a little lower than the angels;You have crowned him with glory and honor,And set him over the works of Your hands.You have put all things in Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-44208447252589934402008-08-21T19:41:00.000-07:002008-11-19T17:38:38.501-08:00Homily 3Hebrews 1:6 - 2:4But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says:"Let all the angels of God worship Him."And of the angels He says:"Who makes His angels spiritsAnd His ministers a flame of fire."But to the Son He says:"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-3724757749413800892008-08-20T08:33:00.000-07:002008-11-19T17:39:02.666-08:00Homily 2Hebrews 1:3-5Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.For to which of the angels did He ever say:"You Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-23623738163085810672008-08-19T20:10:00.000-07:002008-11-19T21:23:59.338-08:00So, a friend is memorizing Hebrews and I'm not part of a Bible study right now. Which has made me think of experimenting (again) with the book of Hebrews. This time, the idea is to read the book in conjunction with Chrysostom's commentary. First, I type the passage in question. Then I reflect on it and write my comments. Finally, I read Chrysostom and summarize his comments. This method mayJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-1137648597247392272006-01-18T21:26:00.000-08:002008-11-19T21:24:39.559-08:00Hebrews 7:26 - 28; 8:1 - 2For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-1137033394337977362006-01-11T18:33:00.000-08:002008-11-19T21:25:00.712-08:00Hebrews 13: 7-16Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-1135793505035383302005-12-28T10:04:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:11:06.031-08:00Hebrews 5:11 - 6:8Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-1135370731803852472005-12-23T12:28:00.000-08:002008-11-28T17:03:46.460-08:002 Tim 4: 9-22Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.And Tychichus have I sent to Ephesus.The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-845968172002-11-15T14:49:00.000-08:002002-11-15T14:49:36.043-08:00James Hargrave
EH 431.90
Witek
Draft of Paper
11 November 2002
Structure in The Dream Songs
John BerrymanÕs Dream Songs present a challenge to any reader. Their topic is continually changing and perpetually unclear, but the rambling dreams of their character, Henry, reach at the end some kind of totality. What unites the Songs to make them a single poem is, on the surface, very little, but Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-843535522002-11-11T00:42:00.000-08:002002-11-11T00:42:53.723-08:00The Geography of Grief:
Mapping BerrymanÕs Dream Songs
structure for the paper:
*brief introduction
*comment on a song from somewhere in the depths
* relate this to structure of poem as a whole
*explain analytical methods to be employed, proposed goal of paper
*comment on another song, near end or beginning
*relate this to context of BÕs earlier works
*discussion of earlier works, analysis of a Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-840089622002-11-04T08:23:00.000-08:002002-11-04T08:23:05.190-08:00Threes in Rumplestiltskin
In a fairytale poem one would expect the writer to operate in threes; Sexton does not fail to do this in "Rumplestiltskin." There are of course the mentioned threes: the three times the dwarf spins straw into gold, the three rewards, three days to guess his name. The poem is also triple in construction, made up in many parts of groups of three lines: "Inside many ofJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-839876732002-11-03T20:26:00.000-08:002002-11-03T20:26:18.323-08:00 So, I can debate with a critic, or apply a theory to a work of literature. best thing to do, i suppose, is go back through my notes.
i think that i can argue against Matthew Arnold pretty well. "see the object as it really is?" ha!
808 the function of criticism: to inform a mind, however bad criticism may also deform a mind.
my emphasis will be the function of criticism on the mind of a Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898228.post-836907932002-10-28T17:02:00.000-08:002002-10-28T17:03:21.000-08:00 Transformations is Anne Sexton’s venture into narrative poetry. Her fairytales are told almost prosaically, but with unusual metaphors, anachronisms, and introductory commentaries, these pieces really are transformed.
“Rumplestiltskin” flips the old trickster-fable into a commentary about the dual nature of one’s own identity.
Rumplestiltskin and identity.
who is R?
dwarf
wart
silly little Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09924983003324940421noreply@blogger.com0