Monthly Archives: September 2018

Cities of Literature: Heidelberg

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Patrick Conway

Time to look at another City of Literature!  And for this one, we travel to the soutwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and to the city of Heidelberg (pop. 160,000).  Heidelberg lies not far from Germany’s border with France, and occupies the … Continue reading →

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Crusoes of Canada

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Patrick Conway

Last time, we explored the notion that there is in fact a body of Sagas of Peterborians, analogous to those composed by the early settlers of Iceland a thousand and more years ago.  This time, I want to take a … Continue reading →

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The Peterborian Saga-ists

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Patrick Conway

We recently talked a bit about the early “Sagas of Icelanders,” and I suggested then that we might find echoes of the genre in early Peterborian writings as well.  Time to investigate that idea a bit more closely.  Can we … Continue reading →

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No Words

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Patrick Conway

Well, I was all set here to talk more about sagas, and particularly our own Peterborian variety this evening.  But sometimes events get in the way.    The news this evening is that the National Museum of Brazil is being … Continue reading →

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