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K.J.McGuigan
Sep 23, 20231 min read
Reflecting Anacreon
A poem the style of Anacreon (575-495BC), one of the nine Melic (Lyric) Poets of ancient Greece.
K.J.McGuigan
Sep 23, 20231 min read
In Sardis
From Sappho 96. It is said that in Sardis, Athhis slighted Sappho for Andromeda. The poetess of love and hate delivers us an exquisite song.
K.J.McGuigan
Sep 15, 20237 min read
Part V: Perfect Bodies of the Mind: De Beauvoir, Butler and Plato, with Conclusion
Surely woman is, in a sense, mysterious': Simone De Beauvoir, Judith Butler and Plato, introducing Feminist and Queer theories to conclude.
K.J.McGuigan
Sep 15, 20237 min read
Part IV: Perfect Bodies of the Mind: Analysis of Suzanne
'The mysterious psychic substance, which nowadays we would call the unconscious psyche’: the Archetypal Analysis of Suzanne through Jung
K.J.McGuigan
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Part III: Perfect Bodies of the Mind: Northrop Frye's Archetypes of Literature
"We have to rediscover the crucifixion". Archetypes of Literature: Frye, Jung and Cohen: the search for a unified framework theory.
K.J.McGuigan
Sep 13, 20233 min read
Part II: Perfect Bodies of the Mind: Carl Jung and the Analytical Approach
This chapter establishes the first primary framework of the essay, Carl Jung's Analytical theory of the Self, prior to analysis of Suzanne.
K.J.McGuigan
Aug 14, 20235 min read
Part I: Perfect Bodies of the Mind: An Introduction
Such “fictional” sense of division and separation, according to Cohen, may be reconciled by love: the embodiment of perceived opposites..
K.J.McGuigan
Jan 30, 20231 min read
PUBLICATION RELEASE: 'Closing Box' (2019)
Page of Swords is pleased to release an online publication of 'Closing Box', composed in 2019. This digital publication is currently...
K.J.McGuigan
May 24, 20224 min read
Wyrd as Nordic Personification.
This chapter will outline the interpretations of 'wyrd', surveying the case for a potential pre-Christian personification.
K.J.McGuigan
May 13, 20221 min read
Alchemy of Sorrow
A translation of Charles Baudelaire
K.J.McGuigan
May 8, 20221 min read
Exorcism
A soliloquy from St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.
K.J.McGuigan
May 4, 20222 min read
Hymn of Caedmon
From the Anglo-Saxon, the first song of the English Language.
K.J.McGuigan
May 2, 20221 min read
Chinoiserie
A poem from Theophile Gautier, translated into English
K.J.McGuigan
May 1, 20221 min read
Annointment
A poem in the Anglo-Saxon tradition.
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