Stories are tales of the past recounted in the present. Each of these elements - the past, the recounting, the present - is important to an understanding of how stories work. In storytelling, the important relation is not between the story and its original (a mistake moderns are increasingly prone to make) but between the … Continue reading Stories: the Odyssey and Ulysses
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Paxman and the Angels
‘Samson wis a mighty man he fought wi the cuddy’s jaws he fought ten thoosan battles in his crimson flannel drawers’ In the Bible, Samson is conceived by a woman previously thought barren and becomes a notable hero of Israel, smiting the Philistines before falling from grace through his infatuation with Delilah, which leaves him … Continue reading Paxman and the Angels
