Schopenhauer Cocktail Hour, Part 2

Topics discussed in this episode include:Read the polished transcript of this episode on Substack! My lecture on The Grand Style in EnglishMy poem, "Spelunker," in New Verse ReviewThe 2025 ALSCW ConferenceCameron’s substackEthan’s substackPoetry’s psychological effect and moral chargeThe burden of geniusPoetry vs. PhilosophyMaimonides and AugustineThe decadence of the academy"Poetry as Enchantment" by Dana GioiaThe function of meter and rhymeThe heresy of paraphraseBouts-rime and pleonasmRomanticism reduxLeo StraussThe spiritual je ne sais quoi of tragedyThe horror film “Martyrs”“Norma” by Vincenzo Bellini“Tristan und Isolde” by Richard WagnerStoic vs. Christian resignationBourgeois tragedy and the existential hero“Hedda Gabler” by Ibsen“Brand” by Ibsen“Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller“The Death of Tragedy” by George Steiner“The Clouds” by AristophanesTragedy vs. Comedy and the Absurd“It’s A Wonderful Life” by Frank Capra“Alcestis” by EuripidesHistory as Self-consciousnessThe hazards of ProtestantismThe history of the night before“Swann’s Way” by Marcel ProustMonuments as time capsulesThe Egyptian legacyThe Book of JobFriendship with the deadThe musical chain of beingMusic as the Cosmic WillDiscord and reconciliationYou are the string that is pluckedLiebestodThe harmonic cathedral of God-consciousnessBrad Leithauser on SLEERICKETSThe unique pleasures of limitationA Nietzschean epilogueNietzsche vs. the StoicsSupport the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)