Tag Archives: Leigh Hunt

thomas and jane: those absorbing tragicomedies

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Dave

Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle…. It was a disastrous marriage- that is, at least, the conclusion we draw from the Carlyle’s letters. James Anthony Froude, a close friend and the authorof a four volume biography that appeared between 1882 … Continue reading →

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among the prince of dandies: lookin’ for homespun dignity

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Dave

Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Marriage as an “excellent mystery.” Both the Carlyle’s, despite their quirks and prejudices, were fond of entertaining newcomers. Since the publication of  Sartor Resartus, Carlyle had become a literary lion, and Jane, for all … Continue reading →

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the odd couple: birds of a leather

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Dave

Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle…. …Jane whose character included a certain touch of masochism, held a certain profound relish for the domestic drama. She had thought of writing a novel, she admitted, about the “mysteries” of Number 6, her … Continue reading →

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this hour has 9 minutes and 11 seconds

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Dave

Part of the long and victorious march of image over substance? Arafat. still a celebrity. Still a locus for the communal lives of many. It is one of those incomprehensible and unexplainable side effects whereby a manufactured pop culture icon … Continue reading →

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those a-ha! moments: fetish for the pathologically creative

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Dave

There is an element of intentional controversy. He just happened to have a infant’s skull tucked away in the corner of the workshop and bingo! he found the right context to use it. It was one of those a-ha moments, … Continue reading →

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trout mask replicas: diving without masks

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Dave

Ostensibly, they were deeply in love. Objectively, they were talented artists.Very talented.  The suicides, one week apart of Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake are now branded as the “Golden Suicides”, coming to a theater near you, hang your hat on … Continue reading →

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