Christopher J. Scalia Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Christopher J. Scalia

TAYLOR POWER RANKINGS: 5. HEINICKE—late fumble, ‘Skins lose 4. SWIFT—Midnights ⬇️to #2 on the album charts 3. JONATHAN—his Colts lose biggest comeback in NFL history but he didn’t play 2. LORENZ—suspended from Twitter, triumphantly returns 1. DAYNE—Tell It to My Heart is 35!

Christopher J. Scalia

On separate occasions, while I’ve been playing Traveling Wilburys in my car, each of my sons has heard George Harrison’s voice and asked me whether it was Weird Al. Not “that guy from the Beatles.” Not “the My Sweet Lord dude.” Weird Al. Raising ‘em right!

Christopher J. Scalia

An interesting piece about William Godwin’s Caleb Williams. I think it’s helpful to read the novel as a variation on the gothic, though—and one that directly responds to Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. (If you like Burke, read this novel.) https://t.co/wM5e2ApX9T

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Christopher J. Scalia

My latest for the ⁦@FreeBeacon⁩, on the new memoir by the prolific sitcom director James Burrows. “You could write a parody of ‘We Didn't Start the Fire’ with nothing but titles of his shows.” https://t.co/APmsrbQyPq

Christopher J. Scalia

The Wikipedia entry for the Jam’s 1982 hit A Town Called Malice is frustrating because songwriter Paul Weller would have known the title of the novel A Town Like Alice even without reading it because the BBC adapted it as a TV miniseries in 1981. End rant. https://t.co/MPO38YYEvQ

Christopher J. Scalia

Will Percy’s nephew, Walker Percy, often commented on Walter Scott’s influence on Southern men. For ex, in Love in the Ruins, the narrator says that his grandfather “set more store by Walter Scott than he did by Thomas More.” Same passage has a direct reference to The Talisman… https://t.co/Yb7KRQY6tW

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Christopher J. Scalia

That moment in A Visit From St Nicholas when the guy blows his cover by laughing at Santa could’ve gone much worse: when Robert Burns’s Tam O’Shanter did something similar, he was chased through the woods by a bunch of witches and his horse had her tale ripped off. https://t.co/ZaPgvHJzmD

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Christopher J. Scalia

I missed this over the weekend: there’s a new English-language translation of Manzoni’s The Betrothed (the first in 50 years). A truly great novel. https://t.co/vyhpeeu6L2

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Christopher J. Scalia

TAYLOR POWER RANKINGS: 5. HEINICKE—late fumble, ‘Skins lose 4. SWIFT—Midnights ⬇️to #2 on the album charts 3. JONATHAN—his Colts lose biggest comeback in NFL history but he didn’t play 2. LORENZ—suspended from Twitter, triumphantly returns 1. DAYNE—Tell It to My Heart is 35!

Christopher J. Scalia

An interesting piece about William Godwin’s Caleb Williams. I think it’s helpful to read the novel as a variation on the gothic, though—and one that directly responds to Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. (If you like Burke, read this novel.) https://t.co/wM5e2ApX9T