Tag Archives: Hamlet

October 18, 2011

Land! O Promised Land! — Stanzas 138 to 143

Res Publica, Book One, Canto the Second 138. Then why? To palpate pebbles?79 What dust was felt by Armstrong’s foot enwrapped in pressured Teflon and metal-strapped?80 And yet we make a Federal fuss for Buzz and Neil – while Mike,81 … Continue reading →

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June 4, 2008

Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, by Harold Bloom, Riverhead Books, 1999, 745 pages

The further one ventures out of this world and into the Shakespearean universe, the more one feels the inadequacy of certain cerebral equipage.  Your most insulated jackets, your thickest snow boots won’t shield you from the icy temperatures of Macbeth.  No sunscreen, of … Continue reading →

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