De Rerum Natura is book #34 from The Literary Project. De Rerum Natura–or On the Nature of the Universe–is a didactic poem that is, as a whole, “a philosophical meditation on human happiness.” It explores the world from an epistemological perspective—possibly the earliest form of scientific inquiry […]
Poetry
Invoking Mnemosyne: William Wordsworth’s Daffodils
Mnemosyne, [nee-mos–uh-nee], is the Greek goddess of memory, and mother of the Nine Muses by Zeus. This “Invoking Mnemosyne” series is where I share what poetry & prose it is that I’m memorizing as part of my self-education journey. I was reading through an anthology of […]
Invoking Mnemosyne: Lewis Carroll’s Little Crocodile
Mnemosyne, [nee-mos–uh-nee], is the Greek goddess of memory, and mother of the Nine Muses by Zeus. Pictured is Mnemosyne by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1881, © Delaware Art Museum. I’ve briefly mentioned on The Project page about my plan to commit portions of certain texts to memory. […]
Emily Brontë’s The Old Stoic (2016 Deal Me In Challenge)
This essay was part of the 2016 Deal Me In Reading Challenge, where I read a short story, essay, or poem every single week. Each item on my reading list was assigned to a playing card, and every Friday I picked a card at random […]
Anne Bradstreet’s To My Dear and Loving Husband (2016 Deal Me In Challenge)
This essay was part of the 2016 Deal Me In Reading Challenge, where I read a short story, essay, or poem every single week. Each item on my reading list was assigned to a playing card, and every Friday I picked a card at random […]