Fergus Cullen

Apprentice historian

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

Another nice one by mad prof Bök. The reflections on micro- and macrocosmic scale in poetry which make up most of this are quite interesting but the opening poem, from which this here is a random excerpt, is the best bit

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

@ascyclos With the great Mel Smith as John Self... splendid!

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

Title-pages of Titus Oates' two-vol Whig tract "A Display of Tyranny" give dates of publication as, respectively, "Anno Angliae Salutis primo, 1689," and "Anno Angliae Salutis secundo, 1690." Was not aware till today of this precedent of French Revolutionary practice

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

As well as the poetry there is this selection of Apophthegms from characteristically diverse sources: La Bruyère, Nietzsche (but compositions not books), Calvert Watkins

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

J. H. Prynne, the interesting and various poet, died the other month

His last years were very productive. He worked closely with small independent publishers, esp Ian Heames of Face Press, Cambridge, to produce beautiful, handmade, entirely unique pamphlets

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

@ChountisFabbri Ah great! I saw those the day before yesterday I think... That is one of the best places for surprise finds, sometimes bargains

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

Valéry, Char, Celan, Pasolini etc. Have a gander at this beaut by E. E. Cummings

Younger poets in later numbers not always so impressive; although some pomes by personal favourite C. H. Sisson do appear

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

Latest addition to my crumbly old literary magazines collection: 14 issues of Botteghe Oscure

Published in Rome by American-born Marguerite Caetani, Duchess of Sermoneta, and edited by Giorgio Bassani. 25 issues appeared from 1948 to 1960

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

This lot came with some nice ephemera

After an all-Italian first issue, all subsequent were multilingual, Italian, French and English especially well-represented but also some German too

Early issues especially included amazing contributions from Auden, Montale,

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

@MatthewTheStoat @studio_erickson @FendeVilliers @FerroEgo @Art_Deano @AdamsArtist Good idea. I enjoyed last year's Exhibition and it would be great to have a memento. Perhaps including some 'artist's statements' by the contributors... would make interesting reading

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

@Columba_1 @Art_Deano @MatthewTheStoat Excellent. I enjoyed Spolia. Shall do so immediately

[Colombe @Columba_1]

.@MatthewTheStoat and I have worked a long time on this baby. Each poem of mine is accompanied by an illustration of his. It is a work of art. Please pick up a copy.

LINK: https://t.co/xI199dvVJ7

[john milbank @johnmilbank3]

@RevMichaelLakey It follows that Europe is also a proof of the divine existence.

[Luke Gilfedder @lukesgilfedder]

“But, Holy Saltmartin, why can’t you beat time?”

A new article on Anthony Burgess, Wyndham Lewis and Joyce:
https://t.co/sx16uN40zI

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

@lukesgilfedder Excellent, thanks

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

@alexpriou Haha terrific

[Fergus Cullen @FairGoose]

@leopoldostrich Yes, Duncan Large has one paper on Levy too. That's about it. Interesting about the Manns

[Ostreich @leopoldostrich]

My contribution to this new project. I'm very pleased with how it looks. I think Oscar Levy is important for understanding the reception of Nietzsche, especially in the Anglosphere. There are some interesting polemics to be found in his work.