Bret van den Brink

a PhD student in English at the University of Toronto

Podcast

Mandatory Media Podcast

Substack Articles

Orchestra: Or, A Poem of Dancing
Orchestra: Or, A Poem of Dancing
Christ as the Divine Cupid
Christ as the Divine Cupid
The Mercy of Keats’s “Belle Dame”
The Mercy of Keats’s “Belle Dame”
"the distant glitter / Of the January sun"
"the distant glitter / Of the January sun"
Echoing the Deep Heart’s “Core”
Echoing the Deep Heart’s “Core”
Book Review: "Great Silent Ballad" by A.F. Moritz
Book Review: "Great Silent Ballad" by A.F. Moritz

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Paradise Lost’s ‘Sad Cure’ as a Source for Wallace Stevens’s ‘Cure Beyond Forgetfulness’ in ‘The Rock’
Paradise Lost’s ‘Sad Cure’ as a Source for Wallace Stevens’s ‘Cure Beyond Forgetfulness’ in ‘The Rock’
“Beatrice Nest, White Goddess: Romance and Ecology in A.S. Byatt’s Possession: A Romance.” The Robert Graves Review: The Online Journal of the Robert Graves Society, vol. 1, no. 4, 2024.
“Compassion’s Sweet Poison: The Sources of Thomas Merton’s ‘Origen.’” The Merton Annual: Studies in Culture, Spirituality and Social Concerns, vol. 35, 2023, pp. 151–62.
“What You Will: Double Predestination and the Plot of Twelfth Night.” Sinestesieonline: Periodico Quadrimestrale Di Letteratura E Arti Della Modernità, vol. 40, 2023.
“Beasts and Bestiality, Deities and Deification: Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy in Milton’s Comus.” The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English, vol. 24, 2022, pp. 9–23.

Poetry

The Patient Bride: A Vision in a Dream 
The Patient Bride: A Vision in a Dream 
Podcast
·Podcast
An Apple Tree; or, Hesperian Fables
Summer and Winter
Measure for Measure: Five Readings
Measure for Measure: Five Readings
On Reading “Binsey Poplars”
Two Sonnets

Other Writing

St. Edith Stein: Doctor of Empathy - Radix Magazine
St. Edith Stein: Doctor of Empathy - Radix Magazine
The Empathetic Imagination - Radix Magazine
The Empathetic Imagination - Radix Magazine
That Sudden, Joyous Turn - Christian Courier
That Sudden, Joyous Turn - Christian Courier
“The Art of Lying, or Fantasy’s Imitatio Dei: On Sir Philip Sidney, J.R.R. Tolkien, and David Bentley Hart” - Radix Magazine
​​Fifty Years of Influence: On Harold Bloom’s Legacy — Mars' Hill Newspaper
“Harrowing the Witch’s Castle: Reading the Soteriology of Narnia with Gregory of Nyssa” in the Norma Marion Alloway Library
“A Medieval Twitter Fight? Simon Armitage’s The Owl and the Nightingale” in [spaces] Reviews
“Venting my Spleen: Complaints Concerning Cocaine Bear” in Mars’ Hill, Volume 27, Issue 9, Arts & Culture
“Bringing Big Jack Horner Down to Size: A Review of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” in Mars’ Hill, Volume 27, Issue 8, Arts & Culture
“On Strange Titles: Peeling Open Glass Onion” in Mars’ Hill, Volume 27, Issue 7, Arts & Culture
“Chivalry Undead: Reflections on The Knight Before Christmas” in Mars’ Hill, Volume 27, Issue 6, Arts & Culture
“Epicureans, et al.: Reflections on Dead Poets Society” in Mars’ Hill, Volume 27, Issue 5, Arts & Culture
“Carnations and Incarnations: Reflections on Taylor Swift’s Midnights” in Mars’ Hill, Volume 27, Issue 4, Arts & Culture
“A Brief History of Western Theology” in Mars’ Hill, Volume 27, Issue 4, Humour
“Equality, Order, and the Rule of Law” in The Law Society of British Columbia’s Bencher’s Bulletin Fall 2019

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