T S Eliot – English Lecturer

20 Apr 2014

‘God on a cross’ Nietzsche & T S Eliot contemplate Easter

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‘God on a cross—preposterous!’ Nietzsche attests to the intellectual difficulty in the figure of Jesus, innocent of any crime, condemned to a brutal death. Christ asserted that the sacrifice, whilst brutal as Nietzsche observes, was His choice: ‘I lay down … Read More

17 Apr 2014

Poetic Possibilities

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I get some interesting messages on the English Lecturer Facebook page: ‘The poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities.’ Mmm. This requires strong coffee :-). I go to Joyce for a response: ‘Time has branded them and fettered they … Read More