Dr. Fielding's Course

Enter the Modernist Waste Land

Playing since: March 2, 2016

Lunar Baedeker and The General

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I say this Ms. Mina Loy seems to be quite the verbose scholar. It does give me a fond overview of her work in Lunar Baedeker. Such usage of various myth and legend folded into her poem will make any fine connoisseur of the art tremble in excitement. Although one could see where the average… View More

Mystery of Mina Loy

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Sir James Chettam, I would like to say that I agree with you on your thoughts on Mina Loy.  There are many women out there that we may not be able to understand, and she might be one of them.  But even though difficult to understand, I believe we can figure pieces of her out…. View More

Thank you, Fred

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Fred Vincy, I know you asked for Mary’s opinion but I will give you mine, I am very happy to hear you say this.  Although I have had my doubts in the past, you have really matured into a prudent young man.  I value your feelings on Mina Loy’s Feminist Manifesto as I myself had… View More

Responses

My wise daughter, Mary

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Mary, I am proud, as your mother, that you have grown up to be such an intelligent young woman, with a mind and opinion of your own.  Yet, I would advise you not to go to war with your husband over any small disagreement that you have with him.  I have learned that it is… View More

Be cautious, Dorothea

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Dorothea Brooke, you are a good woman for cherishing your marriage and abiding by your husband.  I find that is all we can do, for our own sake and our children’s.  How awful it would be if we were to stand against men, as this Mina Loy would ask us to.  What would our world… View More

I Agree

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My dear Fred, you are absolutely correct. I agree with your statement one hundred percent. I think that Miss Loy did go a little bit overboard with the destruction of men. I think that men and women need to be equal in these types of situations. You know and I know that I could have… View More

Oh Fred

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My dear Fred, I am glad to hear that you do not agree with what is happening in these poems. Those poor men. To think that their families are imagining heroism in the best of form, and to be really experiencing death and disease. I just could not even think about what is going on… View More