THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE

Monday, August 30, 2021

NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD PRO

›
 By odd coincidence, just as I decided to devote a little attention to the oeuvre of Gerry Conway, I became aware that back in May of this y...

TENDER LOVING SADISM PT. 2

›
                                           The NAGATORO manga I examined in Part 1 is more nuanced in its depiction of psychology t...
Friday, August 27, 2021

TENDER LOVING SADISM PT. 1

›
 I've taken on many ambitious projects on the ARCHIVE over the year, but one project I'll never attempt is to figure out the role th...

LIKE A TROPE, ON THE WIRE

›
                              Whatever the virtues of my essay-series HOW CONTEMPT BREEDS UNFAMILIARITY,    it did not succeed in supplyin...
Friday, August 20, 2021

MYTHCOMICS: "THREAT OF THE WITCH-WOMAN" (STRANGE ADVENTURES #156, 1963)

›
 Throughout the 15 installments of the John Broome-Murphy Anderson series THE ATOMIC KNIGHTS, the stories expoused an ethical stance re: sci...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

RHETORICAL FLOURISHES PT. 2

›
 I begin by admitting that I'm going to apply I.A. Richards' "tenor and vehicle" categories for other purposes than simply...

RHETORICAL FLOURISHES PT. 1

›
 I've recently finished I.A. Richards' 1936 THE PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC, which, despite its imposing title, is a slim book consisting...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

Gene Phillips
"Reading Gene Phillips' blogs is like studying for a test that no teacher will ever issue or give you a grade for!"-- Gene Phillips.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.