Why Blake Wrote about the Bible Given the status of the Bible in the western literary tradition as one of the most appropriated and alluded to of all ancient and religious texts, it is not unusual that William Blake writes so extensively about it. While a great body of Blake’s mature works, including the longer Read More… »
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» William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize For Literature and Acceptance Speech
How to win a Nobel Prize for Literature when you can’t even sell a book, or, the true story of William Faulkner. When William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, his works in the United States had been out of print for almost a decade. While writers like Steinbeck and Hemingway Read More… »
» 90s Indie Rock Bands and Albums: The Best Band You’ve Never Heard? Slint.
This is an article about Slint, a relatively unknown band from Louisville, Kentucky that has survived as a cult favorite even though they only released a pair of albums and a single containing less than twenty songs over twenty years ago. The thought that such a thing could happen and that a band could exist Read More… »
» 90s Indie Rock Bands and Albums: The coolest band? Pavement.
The 90s act Pavement is Indie, slacker rock at its pop-sensible and rock-out-able best. To break that down a little more, Pavement is the type of band who was so clever with the way they wrote their songs, they never felt the need to dress them up with too many frills, stage shows, or glamor. Read More… »
» Literary Origins: Virgil’s Appropriation of the Homeric Epics
The Central Challenge for Virgil’s Appropriation of the Homeric Epic This article is an examination of the first appropriation in Western Literature and how it set the tone for the way the rest of us would appropriate. Focuses on Virgil, Homer, and the relationship between the Aeneid and Homer’s Epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Read More… »
» Linguistic Origins: An Etymological Study of the Curious English Word, “Strapping”
What is an etymological study? An etymological study of a word or term is one that traces its development and usage throughout the past. These studies are often interesting because language always develops and changes for reasons. This article is a basic etymological study of the English adjective “strapping”. It traces its path throughout time Read More… »
» Snuggie Sightings: A Year and a Half Later
Ok so by now, we’ve all heard of snuggiepubcrawls.com, and we’ve all seen people all over town wearing Snuggies in public like its perfectly normal. Heck, even I posed once with a Snuggie on while I was pouring a beer for a customer, and yes, it was warm and comfortable, and didn’t fall off. We’ve Read More… »
» Beer 101: What’s in it and How you make it: The Four ingredients.
Welcome back to the continuing series on beer appreciation! The goal of this HUB is to break down beer into the four ingredients and examine them a little more closely. The four ingredients were institutionalized long ago by German law. That is correct. The Germans care so much about ensuring the highest purity and quality in their beers that they passed a law back in 1516 that said only the four basic ingredients may be used to brew beer within its borders. That law was named Reinheitsgebot. Those of us who cannot pronounce German with ease simply refer to it as “The German Beer Purity Law.” Here is the relevant excerpt from an English translation…
» The World According to Clark
The World According to Clark is the home of Clark Waggoner, freelance writer, on the web. Clark has a degree in Linguistics, lives in Portland, Oregon, and writes on topics such as literature, music, film, beer, video games, and culture. The articles on this site are all original and insightful on the topics they discuss. Read More… »