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Why The Odyssey?
The Odyssey by Homer is one of the foundational texts of Western literature. You will find two major themes in Western literature…
Troy Camplin
Dec 31, 2020
A Double Shadow: An Early Metamodern Sci-Fi Novel
A Double Shadow: An Early Metamodern Sci-Fi Novel
One of the earliest works of Metamodern literature is the sci-fi novel A Double Shadow by Frederick Turner. Published in 1978, Turner was…
Troy Camplin
Nov 19, 2020
On Conventions (and Metamodernism)
On Conventions (and Metamodernism)
One of the primary elements of artistic Modernism is the rejection of convention — this is what the avant-garde was and is all about…
Troy Camplin
Sep 22, 2020
Kundera’s Continuing Dialogue on Tragedy
IDEAS . My disgust for those who reduce a work to its ideas. My revulsion at being dragged into what they call “discussion of ideas.” My…
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Aug 7, 2020
Severing Our Ties to the Past
Severing Our Ties to the Past
One of the labors of Hercules was to act as the servant to the queen Omphale. After freeing him, she married him. One night, while they…
Troy Camplin
Jul 5, 2020
National and Cosmopolitan Art
Richard Wagner wanted to create a distinctly German artwork in The Ring Cycle — and, indeed, in all his works. He raged against the…
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Jun 7, 2020
Chapter 18: Aesthetics, Ritual, Property, and Fish: A Dialectical Approach to the Evolutionary…
The following is part of a colloquium on the book The Dialectics of Liberty, Edited by Roger E. Bissell, Chris Matthew Sciabarra, and…
Troy Camplin
May 25, 2020
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Can Beauty Save the World?
Can Beauty Save the World?
“Man can live without science, he can live without bread, but without beauty he could no longer live, because there would no longer be…
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May 16, 2020
Nonfiction and Artistic Aesthetics
Nonfiction and Artistic Aesthetics
If you were to ask a poet about their influences, they would no doubt make a list of poets who and poems which have influenced their…
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May 15, 2020
Postmodernism and the Metamodernist
Postmodernism and the Metamodernist
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy says that postmodernism is
Troy Camplin
May 13, 2020
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