The Endless Knot of Richard II
By Giovanni Costabile “When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.” (John 6:15 KJV) In the year…
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To Play with the Angels
The Latin poet Catullus, contradicting the mythology that did not want the union between Helen and Paris to be fruitful, surprisingly called adultery a “fruitful seed.” It will be difficult to find in literature a…
To See the End of Those Tears
The celebrations for the birth of prince Arianhel of Arlen kept on for months, in a triumph of songs, dances, and colours which made the court of Mirianadh the happiest place on earth. His father,…
The incipit of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight compared to other Middle English Arthurian romances
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in its original Middle English: SIÞEN þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye, Þe borȝ brittened and brent to brondeȝ and askez, Þe tulk þat þe trammes…
Surprised by “The Most Reluctant Convert” (2021): A Review
Director Norman Stone (Shadowlands) tributes Clive Staples Lewis with a new biopic, this time treating “the shape of [his] early years” until his fully-conscious re-conversion to Christianity past his teenager atheism. Originally a theatrical play,…
Drinking the Water of Cellar Door: A review of the Tolkien biopic
Tolkien. Directed by Dome Karukoski. Written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. Chernin Entertainment and Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2019. Starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins. The Tolkien biopic will have the fortune of a cult:…
Castle Carduel
Castle Carduel stood out imposingly, like an eastern offshoot of the Dragon Mountains, which gradually sloped down until they were almost reflected in the waters of Crimson Lake. Once at that time, the life of…
Where the Shadows Lie: The Problem of Evil according to Tolkien
There are two subjects which Tolkien's works are very careful never to touch: the first one is sex, and the other is the machine. Tolkien talks at length about each of these in his Letters…