I remain astonished by the succession of great reviews that my verse drama/verse ballet, Death Comes for the War Poets, has received. Here’s the latest:
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Sharing Another Good Review
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The Controversial Genius of Richard Wagner
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The new issue of the St. Austin Review (StAR) is just published. Highlights of the July/August issue:
John Henry Crosby introduces and translates selections from a never before published essay by Dietrich von Hildebrand on the genius of Richard Wagner. A world exclusive!
We also publish an extract of Charles Maxwell Lancaster’s previously unpublished translation of Gottfried von Strassberg’s Tristan and Isolde. Another world exclusive!
Henry Zeiter admires “Wagner’s Operas of Redemption and Salvation”.
Maurice Baring allows Wagner to inspire his Muse.
Laura Freeburn is “Seeing Mediaeval Culture through the Lens of German Romanticism” in Wagner’s Tannhäuser.
Donald DeMarco compares the cultural influence of Wagner, Darwin and Marx.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker ponders “Wagner, Tolkien and the Ring of Power”.
Susan Treacy perceives “A Faith Refashioned” in Wagner’s Parsifal.
Mark Deavin asks whether Parsifal is a Catholic opera.
Ruth Asch translates Paul Verlaine’s “Parsifal”.
Ruth Asch also translates Verlaine’s poem “To Ludwig II, King of Bavaria”.
Robert Asch grapples with “The Modern World and the Vocation of the King” in Luchino Visconti’s film, Ludwig.
James Bemis appraises Napoleon, Abel Gance’s classic film.
K. V. Turley‘s regular film column discusses “Chernobyl, Stalker and St. John Paul II”.
Michael Kurek takes us on “A Composer’s Journey” seeking “a reunion of the good, the true, and the beautiful”.
Kevin O’Brien contemplates “Songs of Innocence and Songs of Suicide”.
Fr. Benedict Kiely considers secularism and agrees with T. S. Eliot that “The Experiment will Fail”.
Roy Schoeman praises Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by Brant Pitre.
Benjamin V. Beier expresses enthusiasm for John Senior and the Restoration of Realism by Fr. Francis Bethel.
Plus new poetry by David Lyle Jeffrey and Pavel Chichikov.
Don’t miss out on this exhilarating new issue. Celebrate the Rising of the Son amidst the Twilight of the Gods! Subscribe today atwww.staustinreview.org.
Saving the Best till Last
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Death Comes for the War Poets had its final night at the Sheen Center in New York yesterday (June 24). On the same day, the best review of all the reviews was published:
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Playing with the Essence of Lewis, Tolkien & Chesterton
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If we had to name the defining characteristics of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and G. K. Chesterton using only one word to describe each, which word would we choose. I play this game of word association in my latest article for the Imaginative Conservative:
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Taken together, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and G.K. Chesterton might not be a holy trinity but they are certainly a holy triumvirate enabling us to see the world with rooted clarity and childlike wisdom… (essay by Joseph Pearce)
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Fr. Dwight Longenecker on Death Comes for the War Poets
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I’m sharing an article by Fr. Dwight Longenecker about my verse drama:
“Another Really Good One”
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“Another really good one,” is how Peter Dobbins, director of Death Comes for the War Poets, described the latest positive review of the play, which is now in its final week at the Sheen Center in New York:
Another Good Review
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“Another Good One!!” This is how Peter Dobbins, Director of Death Comes for the War Poets, greeted yet another positive review of the verse drama currently being staged in the Sheen Center, NYC:
First Things on the Last Things
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I’m delighted to see a positive review of Death Comes for the War Poets in First Things. As the former serves as a memento mori, a reminder of death prompting us to meditate on the Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell) we can say that this is a case of First Things on the Last Things! Here’s the review:
Another Fine Review of Death Comes for the War Poets
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I’m very encouraged by this good review from Times Square Chronicles:
A Dance Macabre
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I was delighted to read this very positive review of my verse drama, Death Comes for the War Poets, currently running in New York City: