David Blake
@dhblake.bsky.social
Teacher, literary critic, cultural historian. Proponent of big ears, discerning eyes, and clear expression.
Views are sometimes my own … and sometimes the views of others which are worth entertaining for a moment or two.
@TCNJ
Views are sometimes my own … and sometimes the views of others which are worth entertaining for a moment or two.
@TCNJ
Sometimes the Jeremiad is the most suitable rhetorical form. #NoKings #Princeton
June 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sometimes the Jeremiad is the most suitable rhetorical form. #NoKings #Princeton
Looking forward to Saturday's conversation with these two amazing scholars! Here's the link for registration:
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@melville-society.bsky.social
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May 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Looking forward to Saturday's conversation with these two amazing scholars! Here's the link for registration:
slu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@melville-society.bsky.social
slu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@melville-society.bsky.social
I’m only halfway through it, but this novel (on a similar topic) is revelatory.
February 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I’m only halfway through it, but this novel (on a similar topic) is revelatory.
As requested! "On all sides, the physical world of solid objects now slidingly displaced itself from around him, and he floated into an ether of visions."
December 17, 2024 at 3:15 PM
As requested! "On all sides, the physical world of solid objects now slidingly displaced itself from around him, and he floated into an ether of visions."
174 years ago, Herman Melville wrote the following remarkable sentence in his study in Pittsfield, MA:
December 16, 2024 at 6:15 PM
174 years ago, Herman Melville wrote the following remarkable sentence in his study in Pittsfield, MA: