I talked about this book briefly when I first read it over a year ago, but after recently giving it a second look, I thought it deserved a little bit more attention. Friedrich de la Motte Fouque is a name pretty much forgotten in today’s literary scene; information about him, especially critical treatment of his [...]
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The Magic Ring
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baron de la motte fouque, books, c. s. lewis, castle of otranto, chaucer, cultural theory, fairy tales, george macdonald, horace walpole, house of fame, literature, myth, the fantastic imagination, the magic ring on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please Don’t Pity Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baron de la motte fouque, books, heather locklear, hilary duff, mandrake root, pan's labyrinth, sex and the city, the magic ring, the perfect man, tv on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The one bright spot of Saturday night television is the 2 hour “Sex And The City” marathon on W; the downside of this is that, if I happen to be feeling the right amount of blah, I will not change the channel, opting to watch whatever second-rate chick flick they happen to be showing afterwards. [...]
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- New respect for the Dewey Decimal System after today's class. Library of Congress: you know where to stick your inelegant pragmatism. 3 weeks ago
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