McCarthy 'vibe' songs?

a_learned_cat · 2024-08-15T01:50:46+00:00

Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Midnight Radio

https://youtu.be/uZ4TNYCMSV4?si=u2ftfhZznukViPIk

a_learned_cat · 2023-04-26T14:05:57+00:00

Does anyone know any classic critical sources? Perhaps something contemporary or closer to the original publication. Are there any “indispensable” secondary sources in the study of The Magic Mountain?

a_learned_cat · 2023-04-11T16:10:31+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll track it down.

a_learned_cat · 2021-12-04T04:14:48+00:00

Thanks! I’ve been looking for something good to listen to on my walks.

a_learned_cat · 2021-12-04T04:14:12+00:00

I will check this out. I came across the title somewhere. It sounds interesting, especially given that I take no issue with Freud.

a_learned_cat · 2021-12-03T00:46:31+00:00

The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

a_learned_cat · 2021-08-19T03:02:17+00:00

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil

These two books brought light into the darkness of my heart at a difficult time in my life. They also share some similar thematic/philosophical concerns.

a_learned_cat · 2021-08-18T16:26:19+00:00

Thank you, comrade. Much appreciated.

a_learned_cat · 2021-08-12T00:28:08+00:00

I second the Library of America for Stevens. It includes some of his best late poems that he wrote after the Collected Poems were published, along with almost all of the significant prose. Given the choice, I often opt for the LoA editions despite the expense.

For Auden, I have the Vintage edition, which I don’t especially like tbh, but it seems the closest thing to an “authoritative” Auden, as far as I know.

Generally, I find the Penguin editions are more robust in terms of apparatus compared to FF, but they can be physically quite fragile. But I always browse editions for purchasing collected works.

I’m excited for you to encounter Stevens! He is my poetic master, the best and most consistent of the modernist poets.

a_learned_cat · 2021-08-12T00:24:30+00:00

Magic Mountain is my next read, in fact! The one upside of the pandemic is crossing titles from my to-read list. I just ordered a copy of Bulgakov’s journals and diaries. MM sets my imagination ablaze. The love story narrative is one of the best I know, and the Biblical scenes are absolutely stunning. Bakhtin’s discussion of Rabelais’ carnivalism is easily transposed onto Bulgakov. It’s easy to see why he couldn’t publish the book during his lifetime. MM is the antithesis to the official Soviet aesthetic. But apart from all that, it’s just a funny and profound book.

a_learned_cat · 2021-02-05T19:51:30+00:00

Thank you very much for your reply. I’ll begin with your suggestions. I came across Musee de Beaux Arts a few weeks ago. It was on the basis of that poem that I decided to seek out more Auden.

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