"a mistake to cede the argument for the good life to the right. We should pursue a progressive educational philosophy directed toward human flourishing.
Cultivation of virtues, each with their own intrinsic ends: archaeological dig, chemistry lab, ethnography, mathematical proof, close reading"
"Sendak, a close reader of Kleist's language, gives us her blind fury as her blank eye, powerfully suggesting the inhuman malice that moves her; his sprawling Achilles also recalls Penthesilea sprawling after their first meeting. Sendak's fine illustrations ... distill and extend Kleist's text."
On Maurice Sendak's birthday, a reminder that he illustrated Kleist's PENTHESILEA for a 1999 English edition. 😍😵
