Daily Archives: January 6, 2008

The madness of Buffy

I was rewatching Season 2 of Buffy last night and it occured to me that the Surprise / Innocence episodes are perhap the true dark heart of the series. Much is made of the search for the truth of the … Continue reading

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Modern Medievalism – John Masefield’s Box of Delights and JRR Tolkien’s Hobbit

Reading both the Box of Delights and the Hobbit, I was struck by the way that both authors use an anachronistic Medieval period to intersect and comment on the Modern. Both authors had served in the Great War and both … Continue reading

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