Ep. 11: Zhang Yimou, Zack Snyder, & the Mythological Imagination

Ep. 11: Zhang Yimou, Zack Snyder, & the Mythological Imagination

The Flummoxed Podcast: One Writer’s Journey Through the Sacred & the Profane, from Bashō to Bluegrass & Beyond The Flummoxed Podcast is a supplement to The Flummoxed Substack. The Flummoxed Substack is a collection of criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, and translations by Ethan McGuire. Subscribe to The Flummoxed Podcast at The Flummoxed Substack or on your favorite podcasting app, and leave the show a rating, a like, and a comment wherever you can! Contact me at The Flummoxed Substack [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/contact-ethan] Subscribe to The Flummoxed Substack at TheFlummoxed.Substack.com [http://theflummoxed.substack.com/] Buy my debut poetry book, Apocalypse Dance [https://wipfandstock.com/9798385241989/apocalypse-dance/]! And leave it a rating at Amazon [https://a.co/d/5WEGpkc] and GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229067007-apocalypse-dance]. Some of the topics mentioned in “Ep. 11: Zhang Yimou, Zack Snyder, & the Mythological Imagination”: Introduction: * My “2025 Year in Review” [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/2025-in-review] * The ALSCW 2025 Conference [https://alscw.org/events/annual-conference/alscw-2025-conference/] * Elijah Perseus Blumov [https://substack.com/profile/117110857-elijah-perseus-blumov] * Zina Gomez-Liss [https://substack.com/profile/26126035-zina-gomez-liss] and The Beauty of Things [https://zinagomezliss.substack.com/] * “The Beauty of Things” by Robinson Jeffers [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=77&issue=4&page=4] * Zina’s ALSCW 2025 Conference write-up: “For the Psychopomps and Famous Letter Writers” [https://zinagomezliss.substack.com/p/for-the-psychopomps-and-famous-letter] * My “Poetry and Mythology” panel paper: “Movies as Popular Poetry: Zhang Yimou, Zack Snyder, and the Mythological Imagination” [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/api/v1/file/6d3b9390-4c49-498c-9d7a-ec0c4224e1a5.pdf] * Zhang Yimou [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955443/] * Zack Snyder [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811583/] On Movies and Popular Poetry: * “Patronage” by Amit Majmudar [https://versecraft.buzzsprout.com/2052683/episodes/15573427-the-case-for-poetic-patronage] * Plato [https://iep.utm.edu/plato/] * The Republic [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1497/pg1497-images.html] * Homer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer] * Aristotle [https://iep.utm.edu/aristotle/] * Nietzsche [https://iep.utm.edu/nietzsch/] * Thus Spoke Zarathustra [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1998/pg1998-images.html] * Cinema [https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/very-short-history-of-cinema] * The Poetics [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1974/pg1974-images.html] * εἰκός [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=ei)ko/s] * ποί-ησις [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=poi/hsis] * Plato’s Forms [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/philosophy/_Texts/COPHP/20*.html] * Tolkien’s “sub-creation” [https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sub-creation] * Heidegger’s “bringing-forth” [https://www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/courses/phil394/The%20Question%20Concerning%20Technology.pdf] * Schopenhauer’s “representation” [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schopenhauer/] * The Nicomachean Ethics [https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html] * Xenophon [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diogenes_Laertius/Lives_of_the_Eminent_Philosophers/2/Xenophon*.html] * The Birth of Tragedy [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51356/51356-h/51356-h.htm] * Pascal’s “Différence entre l’esprit de géométrie et l’esprit de finesse” [https://www.penseesdepascal.fr/XXII/XXII1-moderne.php] * Heraclitus’s “unity of opposites” [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heraclitus/] * Schopenhauer’s “will to life” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_to_life] * Nietzsche’s “will to power” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_to_power] * Civilization in Transition [https://maypoleofwisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/civilization-in-transition-c.-g.-jung-gerhard-adler-r.-f.-c.-hull-z-lib.org_.pdf] On Zhang Yimou: * The NYT’s 2004 interview with Zhang Yimou [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/27/movies/MoviesFeatures/steamy-times-come-to-chinese-films.html] * Virgil and his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid]Aeneid [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid] * China’s “Fifth Generation Filmmakers” [https://www.filminquiry.com/beginners-guide-fifth-generation-chinese-cinema/] * Red Sorghum [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093206/] (1987) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093206/] * Raise the Red Lantern [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/] (1991) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/] * Hero [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/] (2002) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/] * Shadow [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6864046/] (2018) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6864046/] * Full River Red [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21148018/] (2023) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21148018/] * The 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony] * The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/dec/17/1]’s 2004 interview with Zhang Yimou [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/dec/17/1] * King Zheng of Qin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang] * The Tao Te Ching [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/the-first-three-poems-of-the-tao], Poem Two [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/the-first-three-poems-of-the-tao] * “Man Jiang Hong” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Jiang_Hong] * “Red River” by Yue Fei, translated by Ethan McGuire [https://www.newversereview.com/1-1-ethan-mcguire] in New Verse Review: A Journal of Lyric and Narrative Poetry [https://open.substack.com/pub/newversereview] On Zack Snyder: * The Aristophanic Adam Sandler [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/ep-9-adam-sandler-the-artist-pt-1] as discussed by Eric McDonough [https://substack.com/profile/4349155-eric-mcdonough], Sannah McDonough, and me * Sndyer, as quoted by Rebecca Winters Keegan for TIME [https://time.com/archive/6685216/graphic-novels-are-hollywoods-newest-gold-mine/] * The Tang Dynasty’s “new-style poetry” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulated_verse] * Man of Steel [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/] (2013) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/] * Rebel Moon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Moon_(franchise)] (2023 and 2024) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Moon_(franchise)] * “The Longhouse” [http://firstthings.com/what-is-the-longhouse/] * Bronze Age Pervert [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_Pervert] * Leo Strauss on “understanding the low in the light of the high” (in his 1965 book, [https://cliffordangellbatesjr240849.substack.com/p/a-quick-thought-on-leo-strauss-on]Spinoza’s Critique of Religion [https://cliffordangellbatesjr240849.substack.com/p/a-quick-thought-on-leo-strauss-on]) [https://cliffordangellbatesjr240849.substack.com/p/a-quick-thought-on-leo-strauss-on] * Homer’s epic meter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylic_hexameter] * Wagner’s operas [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_for_the_stage_by_Richard_Wagner] * Excalibur [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_(film)] (1981) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_(film)] * Jesus Christ [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201&version=KJV] * Nietzsche’s Übermensch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch] * Peter Lawler on “Plato and the Man of Steel” [https://thefederalist.com/2013/11/11/plato-man-steel/] * The Antichrist [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19322/19322-h/19322-h.htm] * The Anti-Christian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antichrist_(book)#cite_note-:1-1] * Dawn of Justice [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2975590/] * “God is dead” (Nietzsche’s “Parable of the Madman”) [https://allpoetry.com/Parable-Of-The-Madman] * Turki Al-Sheikh [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turki_Al-Sheikh] * Aeschylus [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aeschylus-Greek-dramatist] * Twilight of the Gods [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_of_the_Gods_(TV_series)] (2024) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_of_the_Gods_(TV_series)] * The Twilight of the Idols [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52263/52263-h/52263-h.htm] * Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks [https://klasrum.weebly.com/uploads/9/0/9/1/9091667/friedrich_wilhelm_nietzsche_marianne_cowan-philosophy_in_the_tragic_age_of_the_greeks-gateway_editions_1996_1.pdf] In Conclusion: * Yvor Winters [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvor_Winters] * “All-Under-Heaven” [https://www.thechinastory.org/yearbooks/yearbook-2013/forum-politics-and-society/tianxia-%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8B/] * Elijah Blumov’s “The Iron Lyre: Poetry, Heavy Metal, and the New Sublime” [https://newversereview.substack.com/p/the-iron-lyre] * The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry [https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13wzvkk] * My “Against the Rotten Tomatoes/Letterboxd Consensus,” Nietzsche’s “yes to life,” Plato’s Eros, and Dante’s Love [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/against-the-rotten-tomatoesletterboxd] Other great podcasts to enjoy: * Sleerickets [https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets] * The New Thinkery [https://thenewthinkery.com/] * Versecraft [https://versecraft.buzzsprout.com/] * Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com/] The Flummoxed Podcast’s intro music is by Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice. The art is by Ethan McGuire and cottonbro studio. Get full access to The Flummoxed at theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 10: Adam Sandler the Artist, Pt. 2 (feat. Eric & Sannah McDonough)

The Flummoxed Podcast: One Writer’s Journey Through the Sacred & the Profane, from Bashō to Bluegrass & Beyond The Flummoxed Podcast is a supplement to The Flummoxed Substack. The Flummoxed Substack is a collection of criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, and translations by Ethan McGuire. Subscribe to The Flummoxed Podcast at The Flummoxed Substack or on your favorite podcasting app, and leave the show a rating, a like, and a comment wherever you can! Contact me at The Flummoxed Substack [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/contact-ethan] Subscribe to The Flummoxed Substack at TheFlummoxed.Substack.com [http://theflummoxed.substack.com/] Buy my debut poetry book, Apocalypse Dance [https://wipfandstock.com/9798385241989/apocalypse-dance/]! And leave it a rating at Amazon [https://a.co/d/5WEGpkc] and GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229067007-apocalypse-dance]. Some of the topics mentioned in “Ep. 10: Adam Sandler the Artist, Pt. 2 (feat. Eric & Sannah McDonough)”: * The Flummoxed Podcast [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/ep-9-adam-sandler-the-artist-pt-1] “Ep. 9: Adam Sandler the Artist, Pt. 1 (feat. Eric & Sannah McDonough)” [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/ep-9-adam-sandler-the-artist-pt-1] * My 2 Sandler articles: * “In Defense of the Real Adam Sandler” at [https://thedispatch.com/article/in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler/]The Dispatch [https://thedispatch.com/article/in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler/] * “In Defense of the Real Adam Sandler” at [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/a-publishing-journey-66-essay-in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler]The Flummoxed [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/a-publishing-journey-66-essay-in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler] * Adam Sandler [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001191/] * Mr. Deeds [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280590/] * Mr. Deeds Goes to Town [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027996/] * Frank Capra [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008/] * The Waterboy [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120484/] * “Canteen Boy” [https://youtu.be/PJRZts7ft4k?si=suKQHGCjWnUX2fad] * Hubie Halloween [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10682266/] * You Don’t Mess with the Zohan [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960144/] * Spanglish [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371246/] * Big Daddy [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142342/] * The Cobbler [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203616/] * Bedtime Stories [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960731/] * The 2023 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor [https://thedispatch.com/article/in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler/] * Pauline Kael’s “Trash, Art, & the Movies” in [https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/pauline-kael-trash-art-movies/]Harper’s [https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/pauline-kael-trash-art-movies/] * Billy Wilder [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/] * Preston Sturges [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002545/] * Mike Judge [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431918/] * Jack & Jill [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810913/] Other great podcasts to enjoy: * Sleerickets [https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets] * The New Thinkery [https://thenewthinkery.com/] * Versecraft [https://versecraft.buzzsprout.com/] * Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com/] The Flummoxed Podcast’s intro music is by Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice. The art is by Ethan McGuire and cottonbro studio. Get full access to The Flummoxed at theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 9: Adam Sandler the Artist, Pt. 1 (feat. Eric & Sannah McDonough)

The Flummoxed Podcast: One Writer’s Journey Through the Sacred & the Profane, from Bashō to Bluegrass & Beyond The Flummoxed Podcast is a supplement to The Flummoxed Substack. The Flummoxed Substack is a collection of criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, and translations by Ethan McGuire. Subscribe to The Flummoxed Podcast at The Flummoxed Substack or on your favorite podcasting app, and leave the show a rating, a like, and a comment wherever you can! Contact me at The Flummoxed Substack [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/contact-ethan] Subscribe to The Flummoxed Substack at TheFlummoxed.Substack.com [http://theflummoxed.substack.com/] Buy my debut poetry book, Apocalypse Dance [https://wipfandstock.com/9798385241989/apocalypse-dance/]! And leave it a rating at Amazon [https://a.co/d/5WEGpkc] and GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229067007-apocalypse-dance]. Some of the topics mentioned in “Ep. 9: Adam Sandler the Artist, Pt. 1 (feat. Eric & Sannah McDonough)”: * Adam Sandler [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001191/] * “Against the Rotten Tomatoes/Letterboxd Consensus” on [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/against-the-rotten-tomatoesletterboxd]The Flummoxed [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/against-the-rotten-tomatoesletterboxd] * “Poetry for the Public: When I Had a Poem in the South Wales Evening Post” on [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/poetry-for-the-public-when-i-had]The Flummoxed [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/poetry-for-the-public-when-i-had] * Eric McDonough on X [https://x.com/confilmbuff] * Sannah McDonough on X [https://x.com/SannahMcDonough] * Eric McDonough on [https://letterboxd.com/ConFilmBuff/]Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/ConFilmBuff/] * Eric and Sannah McDonough’s [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-movie-shelf/id1485349786]The Movie Shelf [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-movie-shelf/id1485349786] podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-movie-shelf/id1485349786] * Frank Capra [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008/] * Aristophanes [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristophanes] * My 2 Sandler articles: * “In Defense of the Real Adam Sandler” at [https://thedispatch.com/article/in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler/]The Dispatch [https://thedispatch.com/article/in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler/] * “In Defense of the Real Adam Sandler” at [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/a-publishing-journey-66-essay-in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler]The Flummoxed [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/a-publishing-journey-66-essay-in-defense-of-the-real-adam-sandler] * “Defending Adam Sandler” at [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/defending-adam-sandler]The Flummoxed [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/defending-adam-sandler] * “Adam Sandler the Artist, Pt. 1” at [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/15-adam-sandler-the-artist-pt-1/id1485349786?i=1000594804764]The Movie Shelf [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/15-adam-sandler-the-artist-pt-1/id1485349786?i=1000594804764] * “Adam Sandler the Artist, Pt. 2” at [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/16-adam-sandler-the-artist-pt-2/id1485349786?i=1000595919300]The Movie Shelf [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/16-adam-sandler-the-artist-pt-2/id1485349786?i=1000595919300] * Happy Gilmore [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116483/] * The Cobbler [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203616/] * Armond White [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armond_White] * Saturday Night Live [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072562/] * “SNL Best of Adam Sandler” YouTube playlist [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL82M50Gk9vKr3TG0USgM9GooAH0cAGODu&si=vRXojGE12gHr7M2l] * Billy Madison [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112508/] * Tim Herlihy [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379056/] * A Christmas Story [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/] * Back to School [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090685/] * Big Daddy [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142342/] * Eddie Murphy [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000552/] * Shakespeare [https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shakespeare] * Steve Buscemi [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/] * Little Nicky [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185431/] * Punch-Drunk Love [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/] * Roger Ebert’s review of [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mr-deeds-2002]Mr. Deeds [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mr-deeds-2002] * Armond White’s review of [https://www.otdowntown.com/news/terminal-bar-punch-drunk-love-DYNP1220021015310159988]Punch-Drunk Love [https://www.otdowntown.com/news/terminal-bar-punch-drunk-love-DYNP1220021015310159988] * Robert Altman [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000265/] * Brad Pitt & Adam Sandler on [https://youtu.be/xI-nAElOtmM?si=gbv-AhXzN3JX_ZnV]Variety [https://youtu.be/xI-nAElOtmM?si=gbv-AhXzN3JX_ZnV]’s “Actors on Actors” series [https://youtu.be/xI-nAElOtmM?si=gbv-AhXzN3JX_ZnV] Other great podcasts to enjoy: * Sleerickets [https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets] * The New Thinkery [https://thenewthinkery.com/] * Versecraft [https://versecraft.buzzsprout.com/] * Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com/] The Flummoxed Podcast’s intro music is by Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice. The art is by Ethan McGuire and cottonbro studio. Get full access to The Flummoxed at theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 8: The Legend and Poetry of Yue Fei

The Flummoxed Podcast: One Writer's Journey Through the Sacred & the Profane, from Bashō to Bluegrass & Beyond The Flummoxed Podcast is a supplement to The Flummoxed Substack. The Flummoxed Substack is a collection of criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, and translations by Ethan McGuire. Subscribe to The Flummoxed Podcast at The Flummoxed Substack or on your favorite podcasting app, and leave the show a rating, a like, and a comment wherever you can! Contact me at The Flummoxed Substack [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/contact-ethan] Subscribe to The Flummoxed Substack at TheFlummoxed.Substack.com [http://theflummoxed.substack.com/] Buy my debut poetry book, Apocalypse Dance [https://wipfandstock.com/9798385241989/apocalypse-dance/]! And leave it a rating at Amazon [https://a.co/d/5WEGpkc] and GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229067007-apocalypse-dance]. Some of the topics mentioned in “Ep. 8: The Legend and Poetry of Yue Fei”: * “Between the Hillocks” by Yue Fei in [https://www.literarymatters.org/16-1-between-the-hillocks/]Literary Matters [https://www.literarymatters.org/16-1-between-the-hillocks/] * “A Poem at Galloping Horse Hill,” “Red River,” and “A Song of Drums” by Yue Fei in [https://www.newversereview.com/1-1-ethan-mcguire]New Verse Review [https://www.newversereview.com/1-1-ethan-mcguire] * “The Echoes of Hooves,” “A River South,” and “Crossing the River” by Yue Fei in [https://blueunicorn.org/product/blue-unicorn-volume-48-number-1-fall-2024/]Blue Unicorn [https://blueunicorn.org/product/blue-unicorn-volume-48-number-1-fall-2024/] * “Yue Fei: General, Poet, Legend” in [https://newversereview.substack.com/p/yue-fei-general-poet-legend]New Verse Review [https://newversereview.substack.com/p/yue-fei-general-poet-legend] * “General Yue Fei: The Life, Death, & Poetry of a Warrior” in [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/general-yue-fei-the-life-death-poetry-of-a-warrior]MW [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/general-yue-fei-the-life-death-poetry-of-a-warrior](“The Legend of Yue Fei”) [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/general-yue-fei-the-life-death-poetry-of-a-warrior] https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/general-yue-fei-the-life-death-poetry-of-a-warriorand [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/general-yue-fei-the-life-death-poetry-of-a-warrior]The Flummoxed [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/general-yue-fei-the-life-death-poetry-of-a-warrior] * Zhang Yimou’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_River_Red]Full River Red [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_River_Red] * Eric McDonough [https://substack.com/profile/4349155-eric-mcdonough] and Matthew Buckley Smith [https://substack.com/profile/86200551-matthew-buckley-smith] * The Chinese Song Dynasty * The Jin-Song Wars * “The Humiliation of Jingkang” * Ci and Shi poetry * Zhao Mengfu * Li Qingzhao * Li Bai * Aaron Poochigian [https://substack.com/profile/31798823-aaron-poochigian] * Classical Chinese and Middle Chinese * Ezra Pound’s [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50155/50155-h/50155-h.htm]Cathay [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50155/50155-h/50155-h.htm] * Arthur Waley’s [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42290/42290-h/42290-h.htm]A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42290/42290-h/42290-h.htm] * A.R. Davis’s [https://archive.org/details/penguinbookofchi00davi]The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse [https://archive.org/details/penguinbookofchi00davi] * Ryan Wilson’s [https://www.cuapress.org/9781736656129/proteus-bound/]Proteus Bound [https://www.cuapress.org/9781736656129/proteus-bound/] * Qin Hui * Qian Cai’s [https://archive.org/details/yuefeizhuanheroi0000qing/mode/2up]General Yue Fei [https://archive.org/details/yuefeizhuanheroi0000qing/mode/2up] * The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu Other notes: * All the translations in this episode are by me. Other great podcasts to enjoy: * Sleerickets [https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets] * The New Thinkery [https://thenewthinkery.com/] * Versecraft [https://versecraft.buzzsprout.com/] * Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com/] The Flummoxed Podcast's intro music is by Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice. The art is by Ethan McGuire and cottonbro studio. Get full access to The Flummoxed at theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 7: Eros Makes Beau Afraid

The Flummoxed Podcast: One Writer's Journey Through the Sacred & the Profane, from Bashō to Bluegrass & Beyond The Flummoxed Podcast is a supplement to The Flummoxed Substack. The Flummoxed Substack is a collection of criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, and translations by Ethan McGuire. Subscribe to The Flummoxed Podcast at The Flummoxed Substack or on your favorite podcasting app, and leave the show a rating, a like, and a comment wherever you can! Contact me at The Flummoxed Substack [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/contact-ethan] Subscribe to The Flummoxed Substack at TheFlummoxed.Substack.com [http://theflummoxed.substack.com/] Buy my debut poetry book, Apocalypse Dance [https://wipfandstock.com/9798385241989/apocalypse-dance/]! And leave it a rating at Amazon [https://a.co/d/5WEGpkc] and GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229067007-apocalypse-dance]. Some of the topics mentioned in “Ep. 7: Beau is Afraid of Eros”: * “Beau is Afraid: A Ramble” [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/beau-is-afraid] * Beau is Afraid [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13521006/] * Ari Aster at UCSB [https://dailynexus.com/2020-06-01/a-s-program-board-presents-ask-ari-aster/] * “Behind the Scenes of [https://youtu.be/7uzVaasp7Sw]Beau is Afraid [https://youtu.be/7uzVaasp7Sw]” [https://youtu.be/7uzVaasp7Sw] * The Standard Edition of the Complete Works of Sigmund Freud [https://archive.org/details/sigmund-freud-standard-edition-vol-24/sigmund-freud-standard-edition-vol-1-1886-1899/] * Pascal’s [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm]Pensées [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm] * C.S. Lewis’s [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207839/page/n367/mode/2up]That Hideous Strength [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207839/page/n367/mode/2up], Chapter 14 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207839/page/n367/mode/2up] * “Jungsferatu: Some Failures of One Seeker of the Sublime” [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/p/jungsferatu] * Dante’s [https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine-comedy/paradiso/paradiso-33/]Paradiso [https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine-comedy/paradiso/paradiso-33/] XXXIII.85-87 [https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine-comedy/paradiso/paradiso-33/] * Plato’s [https://ia601308.us.archive.org/8/items/cu31924073426151/cu31924073426151.pdf]Symposium [https://ia601308.us.archive.org/8/items/cu31924073426151/cu31924073426151.pdf] * Plato’s [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1656/1656-h/1656-h.htm]Apology [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1656/1656-h/1656-h.htm] * Xenophon’s [https://archive.org/details/xenophon-memorabilia-bonnette-txt]Memorabilia [https://archive.org/details/xenophon-memorabilia-bonnette-txt] * “A Diner for David Lynch: Poems in Remembrance of a Master” [https://newversereview.substack.com/p/a-diner-for-david-lynch-poems-in] * Eternal Stories from the Upanishads [https://books.google.com/books?id=BcDlPTSbEoEC&pg=PA71#v=onepage&q&f=false] Other great podcasts to enjoy: * Sleerickets [https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets] * The New Thinkery [https://thenewthinkery.com/] * Versecraft [https://versecraft.buzzsprout.com/] * Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com/] The Flummoxed Podcast's intro music is by Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice. The art is by Ethan McGuire and cottonbro studio. Get full access to The Flummoxed at theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe [https://theflummoxed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]