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Love Stories

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Abigail

Love Stories Just now I am reading a book Jerry got me, titled, Love in the Western World. Translated from the French, it’s by a guy named Denis de Rougement. With a name like that, and a title like that, … Continue reading →

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Men on the Timeline

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Abigail

Men on the Timeline The other night I was at the Franco-Tunisian café where I go to get some of my writing done. A sizeable group had taken one side of the section where I found a round table. They … Continue reading →

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The Feminine Honor

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Abigail

The Feminine Honor My recent “Me Too” experience now appears to be winding to its close with the moral fundamentals suitably restored. Since I’m a city kid, with street smarts, who had reason to believe that her life skills were … Continue reading →

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Beatrice in Modern Gear

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Abigail

Beatrice in Modern Gear “Thou “who, to bring my soul to Paradise, Didst leave the imprint of thy steps in hell …” So wrote Dante of Beatrice at the end of his Divine Comedy. “The eternal feminine leads us above.” … Continue reading →

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“Rudeness”

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Abigail

“Rudeness” A few years ago I was riding from terminal to terminal on an airport bus in Texas. By the time I climbed on board, the bus had standing room only. I was hanging on a strap, keeping my hand … Continue reading →

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“Victims”

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Abigail

“Victims” The other day, Jerry and I attended an event bringing together people whose professions circle around religion. There were ministers, scholars and theologians in academic departments, of Religion or Theology, students in seminaries and nuns in street clothes. (Nuns … Continue reading →

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“Encore Marie Antoinette”

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Abigail

“Encore Marie Antoinette” Last night, I read to its sad finale Stefan Zweig’s can’t-be-more-definitive biography of Marie Antoinette, the unluckiest Queen of France. She got a passing mention in “My Inner French Girl,” not a very respectful notice, but now … Continue reading →

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“Christianity, Judaism, and Women”

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Abigail

“Christianity, Judaism, and Women” I don’t know how you feel about this, but I take for granted that a religion represents (among other things) an erotic style. If I were to convert to another religion, I would be changing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Academe, Culture, Desire, Erotic Life, Faith, Femininity, Gender Balance, life and death struggle, Literature, Masculinity, nineteenth-century, Philosophy, Political, relationships, Sexuality, Social Conventions, The Problematic of Woman | Tagged Beatrice Portinari, chivalry, Christian idealized woman, Christian woman, Christianity, courtship, Dante, desire, erotic life, eternal feminine, Faust, Goethe, Gretchen, Jewish woman, Judaism, lech lecha, Leo Bronstein, men and women, nature of desire, Rachel at the well, religion, sex, The Covenant, Women | Leave a comment

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