Lucretius, has always made me feel hopeful and some how more connected to the universe and less to the subjective problems we perceive. "Happy is he who has discovered the causes of things and has cast beneath his feet all... Continue Reading →
"All mankind have a certain Natural propensity to Curiosity, but Young people have commonly a greater Inclination to satisfy their own Fancies,taken up for the most part with Novelties, than those who are arrived to a ripe Age, For my... Continue Reading →
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Getting books in the mail is always exciting, even if I mailed them myself. [A lot of times I'll find a book or a few books on a trip and to avoid any untimely delay in customs I'll mail them... Continue Reading →
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Yesterday, I braced my resolve and began to think about writing about John Donne. Well as you can see from my last post, I managed to produce an introduction to my relation, or rather my connection to Donne. What I... Continue Reading →
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Before I begin my rave on John Donne, I would like first send anybody interested to one of my favorite and most useful web sties. Luminarium is the labor of love of Anniina Jokinen. The site is not affiliated with any institution nor... Continue Reading →
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Some Books just look old, really old and really used, it could be a genre of its own. Sometimes it can tell us a lot about the book, how it was read, even how it was marketed and sold. Today's... Continue Reading →
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In my next montly catalogue Fascicule no VI I will be Listing there Editions of Orinda's Poems The Unauthorized very rare edition of 1664 (#717G) The first Authorized edition of 1667 And the fourth edition of 1678! It is not... Continue Reading →
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When I say "really rare" without a modifier, I mean Absolute rarity id est one copy recorded, or no copies listed in bibliographies, then the modifiers come in, no copy listed in the US, no copy on the Market since... Continue Reading →
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Much More fun than Norton's Anthology or even The Oxford companion, Winstanley, gives us snips of biography , literate criticism and examples of long 'lost' poems. This book is the first , I know of, attempting to create a literary... Continue Reading →
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