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The Intellectual American: November 2014

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Thursday, November 27, 2014. Simon Critchley didn’t exactly change my life, but he did solidify a lot of things in my mind that I had been thinking about for a while and hadn’t yet decided upon. I had been reading Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins for a while- and so I certainly didn’t need convincing- but it wasn’t until I read the introduction to Simon Chritchley’s The Book of Dead Philosophers. Tuesday, November 25, 2014. And I’ll ...

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The Intellectual American: Death in Venice (1912)

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Wednesday, December 24, 2014. Death in Venice (1912). I was not familiar with Thomas Mann’s novella until I read this new translation by Michael Henry Heim. In comparison with the previous translation by Stanley Applebaum. This new one is much more poetic and evocative in language and phrasing, something pointed out by Michael Cunningham in the introduction. He compares this new version to the one by H.T. Lowe-Porter. But when he gets to the train...

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The Intellectual American: Athe-ist as Athe-does

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Thursday, November 27, 2014. Simon Critchley didn’t exactly change my life, but he did solidify a lot of things in my mind that I had been thinking about for a while and hadn’t yet decided upon. I had been reading Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins for a while- and so I certainly didn’t need convincing- but it wasn’t until I read the introduction to Simon Chritchley’s The Book of Dead Philosophers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Thought...

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The Intellectual American: June 2015

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Monday, June 1, 2015. Another Afternoon With Mozart. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Yesterday’s performance of the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall was something of a mixed bag, but there was still a lot to enjoy. My attendance, as is usually the case, was motivated by Mozart. The program revolved around the last of his five violin concertos, Violin Concerto No 5 in A major. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.

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The Intellectual American: February 2015

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Saturday, February 7, 2015. The Poison that is Political Correctness. In a recent essay in New York Magazine. That has, to use political science professor Samuel Goldman’s words, “burned up the Internet this week,” Jonathan Chait. L]iberals are correct not only to oppose racism and sexism but to grasp (in a way conservatives. Generally do not) that these biases cast a nefarious and continuing shadow over nearly every. Relates this story of just su...

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The Intellectual American: March 2015

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Sunday, March 1, 2015. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Last night I attended a performance of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and was impressed at the high level of precision and the skill that guest conductor Jonathan Cohen was able to get from his group. The performance consisted of two pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his overture to the opera The Marriage of Figaro. And his Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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The Intellectual American: Edward, Edward

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Tuesday, November 25, 2014. For the first poem in Lionel Trilling’s anthology The Experience of Literature. O, I have killed my father dear,. O, I have killed my father dear,. And woe is me, O! But rather than reacting to her husband’s death, the role of the mother in the poem is more one of his conscience. She begins a series of questions that become ever more disturbing, almost more so than the deed itself. My dear son, now tell me, O. Simple te...

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The Intellectual American: My Kinsman, Major Molineaux

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Sunday, November 16, 2014. My Kinsman, Major Molineaux. I’ve only read a few stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and none of his novels. “ My Kinsman, Major Molineaux. 8221; is the first story in Lionel Trilling’s anthology The Experience of Literature. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). EB Neslowe is an author and educator and currently lives in Olympia, WA. View my complete profile. My Kinsman, Major Molineaux. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky.

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The Intellectual American: Mozart in Seattle

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Observations on America from an Intellectual Perspective. Sunday, March 1, 2015. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Last night I attended a performance of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and was impressed at the high level of precision and the skill that guest conductor Jonathan Cohen was able to get from his group. The performance consisted of two pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his overture to the opera The Marriage of Figaro. And his Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).