Essays
This section includes unpublished essays on subjects that I find interesting.
Faust
The legend of Faust fascinates me as it fascinated my father, although he had the benefit of being able to read Goethe's Faust in the original German. The essay considers the effect of the legend on modern European consciousness.
This section includes unpublished essays on subjects that I find interesting.
Faust
The legend of Faust fascinates me as it fascinated my father, although he had the benefit of being able to read Goethe's Faust in the original German. The essay considers the effect of the legend on modern European consciousness.
The Lady of Shalott
This essay resulted from a weekend course I did on The Pre-Raphaelites. The painting is sumptuous and the poem which inspired it is one of the best known in the English language.
This essay resulted from a weekend course I did on The Pre-Raphaelites. The painting is sumptuous and the poem which inspired it is one of the best known in the English language.