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To give a sample of my work on the web, I am publishing here in my blog examples of poetry and prose which employ a poetic language. Part One concludes my first book, Part Two helps to conclude my reading of Scruton’s chapter on “Believing in God” in my third … read more

(Most of this essay appears as an Afterword in the second edition of A Comic Vision of Great Constancy. It replaced “An Essay on Significant Influences.” That essay on influences now follows this essay on poetry and philosophy here in my blog. I write “most of this essay” above because … read more

Introduction

In the first edition of A Comic Vision of Great Constancy, I added “An Essay on Significant Influences” as an Afterword at the end. In keeping with the relative informality and the personal nature of my approach, this was my way of giving credit to the writing of others without … read more