That's awesome! What about Rimbaud and Verlaine? I've only read some of Baudelaire and Thérèse's things, since at the time I was more focused on medieval/early modern stuff like Chrétien de Troyes, François Villon, du Bellay, etc....Someday I'll get back to them. 'Manon' is a sequel to 'Jean.' - ThreadSky

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akumajoukamachi.bsky.social • 2 days ago

That's awesome! What about Rimbaud and Verlaine?

I've only read some of Baudelaire and Thérèse's things, since at the time I was more focused on medieval/early modern stuff like Chrétien de Troyes, François Villon, du Bellay, etc....Someday I'll get back to them.

'Manon' is a sequel to 'Jean.'

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catholickungfu.bsky.social•2 days ago

Balthasar mentions Villon at some length and it’s made me want to pick him up, I just never have.

akumajoukamachi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh! What does he say about Villon? Is it about the "snows of yesteryear?" 'Le grand testament'? 'Le Lais'? His criminal escapades?

Or all of the above? 😅

I used to read a lot of de Lubac back in the day, but stopped before I got to Bathasar like I planned to.

Someday I'll get back to him.

catholickungfu.bsky.social•2 days ago

Villon gets a whole section in a larger portion of Glory of the Lord vol. 5 called “Folly and Glory.” So, yeah, all of Villon, in fact. lol. Which pretty typical sometimes Balthasar is curious about specific works, which he will make obvious, but more often a whole life and its work.

akumajoukamachi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Does he compare Villon to the "good thief" on the cross? I have a vague memory of someone doing that, but it might not have been Balthasar. It's a comparison that seems to come naturally out of his life and work.

Haha, when I put "Balthasar" and "Villon" into Google your article came up first!

catholickungfu.bsky.social•2 days ago

Literally I’m the only one who has ever cared lmao

akumajoukamachi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well, it looks like I should read it, since it seems relevant to some things I want to say about St. Thérèse and Aerith and the deconstruction of male heroism in Final Fantasy 7/Advent Children (the game and related media is partly a response to Sakaguchi's mother dying in a house fire in his 20's).

akumajoukamachi.bsky.social•2 days ago

As you might know, Bernanos also wrote 'Diary of a Country Priest," which made another great film.

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