Tag Archives: Dante

Dante’s Wake

Dante’s Wake Ian Thomson, Dante’s Divine Comedy; A Journey Without End, Head of Zeus, £18.99, 2018, reviewed by Stoddard Martin Age after age has found Dante speaking to and for them. Ours may be another: we shall see. At present it … Continue reading

Posted in Book Reviews, Cultural Matters, Current Affairs and Comment, QR Home | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

On “Orientalism”

On “Orientalism” HENRY HOPWOOD-PHILLIPS revisits Edward Said’s famous post-colonial polemic and finds it seriously wanting In 1963 Dr Abdel-Malik caused shock waves in the field of Oriental Studies when he claimed that it was ‘Europocentric’, paying insufficient attention to the … Continue reading

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment