Subtext: Conversations About Classic Books and Films https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html A Map-Like Imagination in the Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop (“The Moose”) Curses and Colonizers in “The Mummy” (1999) – Part 2 Curses and Colonizers in “The Mummy” (1999) Existence and Expectancy in “Waiting for Godot” (Part 2) Existence and Expectancy in “Waiting for Godot” The Romance of Self-Destruction in “Withnail and I” (1987) – Part 2 The Romance of Self-Destruction in “Withnail and I” (1987) The Ethics of Seeing in Susan Sontag’s “On Photography” (Part 2) The Ethics of Seeing in Susan Sontag’s “On Photography” The Music of Longing in “Amadeus” (1984) – Part 2 The Music of Longing in “Amadeus” (1984) The Character of Authority in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” (Part 6) The Character of Authority in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” (Part 5) The Character of Authority in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” (Part 4) The Character of Authority in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” (Part 3) The Character of Authority in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” (Part 2) The Character of Authority in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” Society as Swindle in “The Third Man” (1949) – Part 2 Society as Swindle in “The Third Man” (1949) The Meaning of Christmas Spirit in “Elf” (2003) – Part 2 The Meaning of Christmas Spirit in “Elf” (2003) Erin’s New Book “Avail” Bacchic Redemption in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) (Part 2) Bacchic Redemption in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) Spirit Unbound in Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” and “Drowne’s Wooden Image” (Part 2) Spirit Unbound in Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” and “Drowne’s Wooden Image” Faith and Industry in “There Will Be Blood” (Part 2) Faith and Industry in “There Will Be Blood” Freedom and Authority in Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” (Part 2) Freedom and Authority in Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” (post)script: Post-Gatsby Containment and Play in “Jaws” (Part 2) Containment and Play in “Jaws” The Door Slam Heard ‘Round the World: Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” (Part 2) The Door Slam Heard ‘Round the World: Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” Anti-Mystery in “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (Part 2) Anti-Mystery in “Picnic at Hanging Rock” “The Indian to His Love” by William Butler Yeats “Leda and the Swan” by William Butler Yeats The Artifice of Eternity in Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium” (Part 2) The Artifice of Eternity in Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium” The Evil of Banality in “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) – Part 2 The Evil of Banality in “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) “Where the Meanings Are” – Four Poems by Emily Dickinson – Part 4 “Where the Meanings Are” – Four Poems by Emily Dickinson – Part 3 “Where the Meanings Are” – Four Poems by Emily Dickinson – Part 2 “Where the Meanings Are” – Four Poems by Emily Dickinson The Weight of Memory in Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” (1940) – Part 2 The Weight of Memory in Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” (1940) Possibility and Loss in the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Part 2)