Sunday, January 4, 2015

Melmoth the Wanderer and The Monk: The Lovers' Tale and Ambrosio and Matilda's Affair

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Nun and Monk,  by Cornelis van Haarlem (1591) As already addressed in my previous writing on Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer , the...
Thursday, January 1, 2015

Melmoth the Wanderer: Jesuit Rites of Passage and Alonzo Monçada's Tale

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The Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain , by Charles Maucourt Most of us have met someone who, when they tell you a story, they go on...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Magnolia: The Number 82

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In my last post on P.T. Anderson's film, Magnolia (1999), I discussed the references to Freemasonry in the film, and how those re...
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Monday, September 22, 2014

Magnolia: Four References to Freemasonry

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P.T. Anderson's Magnolia (1999) is not a simple movie — not by a long shot. It is filled with symbolism, allegory, and a complex w...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Plato's Honey Head: Darden's Title Image to Condemned Building

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Title Image of Condemned Building by Douglas Darden In my previous post on Douglas Darden's frontispiece to Condemned Building I...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Carcosa, Aldebaran, the Hyades, Hastur, and Other Terms from Chamber's The King In Yellow

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Aldebaran (orange star, top left) amongst the Hyades and the Pleiades (blue cluster, right) The first time I learned of Robert W. Cham...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Overturning Architecture: Douglas Darden's Frontispiece, Lequeu, Duchamp, Piranesi, and Melville

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Frontispiece to Douglas Darden's Condemned Building About four years ago I first introduced to Douglas Darden's "Oxygen ...
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