Stateless marriage
by Peter J. LeithartAlabama considers a peaceable way out of the same-sex marriage impasse. Continue Reading »
Zizek and Courtly Love
by Peter J. LeithartFor Slavoj Zizek, courtly love symbolizes the human predicament. Continue Reading »
Romantic Love
by Peter J. LeithartIn the courtly tradition, love is infinite longing, therefore infinite suffering. Continue Reading »
Courting Lady Language
by Peter J. LeithartDerrida conceives his love of language on the model of courtly love. He is the servant of his great Mistress. Continue Reading »
Monster to Music
by Peter J. LeithartThe Finnish hero Wainomoinen turns a monstrous fish into a harp. There's a double meaning in that. Continue Reading »
Greece in the English Renaissance
by Peter J. LeithartRenaissance Humanists gave Greek “mouth honor,” but not much else. Continue Reading »
Make Love and War: The Knight's Tale
by Peter J. LeithartEmily, the lady-love of Chaucer's “Knight's Tale,” the first of the Canterbury Tales, appears in a garden, and the poet describes her as if where were part of the garden. She is Eve in Eden.But this is no Edenic world. The men who see her are locked out of Eden, locked, indeed, in prison. . . . . Continue Reading »
Universal Tragedy
by Peter J. LeithartChristianity universalizes the human tragedy, so as to turn it to divine comedy. Continue Reading »
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