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Monthly Archives: February 2008
The Queen of Air and Darkness — Review
Warning: plot spoilers ahead… T.H. White’s The Queen of Air and Darkness (1939) is the second of four stories that make up The Once and Future King. Following on the heels of The Sword in the Stone, this book made for a darker and more subdued reading experience. Originally named The Witch in the Wood, it relates the first … Continue reading
The Queen of Air and Darkness
The Queen of Air and Darkness is concerned with whether Might makes Right. Though I’m not normally that tuned in to politics, lately it seems that everything I read triggers reflection on something in current events. Take this passage, for instance, in which Merlyn and Sir Kay consider war. It’s very difficult not to think … Continue reading
Gandalf for President
I’ve found myself irritated a few times lately by the expressed contempt of democrats for conservatism. So I want to get some thoughts clear here in this space. There’s an arrogance in several discussions I’ve read lately that suggests something like, “We’re going to take the country over now and get things right.” Mrs. Clinton, at … Continue reading
Diary of a Country Priest
I discovered Georges Bernanos’ The Diary of a Country Priest in the 1930’s list for the Decades Challenge. The library didn’t have a copy, so I ordered one; before it arrived, I read a different book for the 1930’s. So I was left with this one to read for pleasure, and because I’d paid for … Continue reading
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The Sword in the Stone
T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone (1938) is spoken of in my Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia as “a witty and erudite fantasy of Arthur’s boyhood, which combines affectionate satire on 20th-century English manners and mores with broad humor and deep knowledge of both nature and the Middle Ages.” Thank you, Benet’s, for capturing my own hyperbolic reaction … Continue reading
