Things tagged Sigrid Undset
Articles
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Sigrid Undset and the Hard Case of Ida Elisabeth
by John Herreid
September 18, 2015 1:53 pm 4 Comments
One of the most painful things in art is realism. Grotesquerie, exaggeration, wish fulfillment, romance: all of these allow a generalization of human behavior that may portray some truth, but they don’t cut to the bone in the same way that a stark portrayal of real, honest, human behavior does…. Read more »
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Star Wars, Star Trek, Inklings, Pixar, Sigrid Undset, and more
by John Herreid
July 10, 2015 4:48 pm 1 Comment
Next week my family heads out for a little vacation, so I’ll leave you readers with some links to enjoy. First, at the Word on Fire blog Daniel Stewart wades into the Star Wars vs Star Trek argument: As I considered the “Star Wars vs. Star Trek” question again, I… Read more »
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It doesn’t take much perception to see that in modern culture, romantic love is considered magic. Not merely “magical”, in the sense of a pleasant poetic attribute of a relationship, but actual magic, in the full sense that any true magician ever used the term. This is never articulated in… Read more »