“Death found an author writing his life. . .” from Edward Hull’s Danse Macabre, 1827.
“Death found an author writing his life. . .” from Edward Hull’s Danse Macabre, 1827.
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It always sounds silly to me when people tell the dead to “rest in peace.”
Practically speaking, don’t you have to disturb their rest to tell them that? It makes about as much sense as nudging someone who’s snoring to say, “Hey — HEY! Wake up and go to sleep.” (more…)
Ernest Wallcousins, Helgi Returns to Valhalla
Ernest Wallcousins, Helgi Returns to Valhalla
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Part I here, Part VIII here, Part X here
In our last installment, we explored the career of the legendary Norse hero Helgi. Chapter Nine of the Volsung Saga is devoted to Helgi, and it constitutes a rich and entertaining digression from the main story. At one time, Helgi must have been a very important hero. The anonymous author of the Volsung Saga draws on two poems concerning Helgi compiled in the Poetic Edda: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I (The First Poem of Helgi, Killer of Hunding; henceforth HH I), and Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II (or HH II). (more…)
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Greg Johnson and John Morgan conclude their discussion of the films of David Lynch. (more…)
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Point of Terror
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Youth Without Youth
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H. A. Covington
The Stars In Their Path: A Novel of Reincarnation
Lincoln, Nebr.: IUniverse, 2002
Harold Covington often says that his Northwest novels don’t tell white people what to do, but show them what to be. They are filled with examples of good character. The same is true of The Stars In Their Path, which follows three souls through multiple incarnations from sixteenth-century Paris to the modern day. (more…)
