The little white attic

Telethusa and her daughter Iphis praying that the gods turn Iphis into a man (print made by Antonio Tempesta).  1/ Even in a book full of ra...

After the work event, I explored a bit of Washington, DC and saw a bit of Northern California. A bit of the east and a bit of the west.  In ...

1/ I don’t know if classical literature is more violent—graphic—than modern literature, but Metamorphoses is full of violent images.  “… An...

 1/ First, I’m going to note that I picked up and looked at 6 different translations of Metamorphoses : Mary M. Innes translates it into pro...

1/ Now this sounds more like Marlowe, though it’s an early play.  There are some interesting phrases: “map of weather-beaten woe”, “drenched...

 1/ The Greeks, once known, are seen everywhere. References to the ancient Greeks are scattered all over Marlowe’s play.   “QUEEN O miserabl...

  Why do we—I mean I—keep watching different adaptations of the same novel?  Yesterday I saw the 2009 Emma , which is the 4th version I’ve n...

1/ Moby-Dick is full of symbolism. I must thank Tom of Wuthering Expectations for pointing out that Ishmael is identified with water, and ...

“Dissect him how I may, then, I but go skin deep; I know him not, and never will.” (ch.86)  It often puzzles me that lots of readers don’t s...

  Over Christmas, my family and I watched Odissea , an Italian-language adaptation of the Odyssey in 8 episodes—not a Christmas series, I k...