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Heavy Metal, Consolation, and More

Heavy Metal, Consolation, and More

Mar 24, 2022
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Roman emperors — Caligula and Nero most of all — are getting a lot of attention in heavy-metal music. Why?... more »

Consolation is more than mere comfort. The latter is fleeting, while the former is lasting, an argument for why we must keep going ... more »

Since the Renaissance, quotations, prose fragments, and tidbits have been recorded in the commonpl…

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