An ordinary man discovers a terrible secret: he is living in a nightmare. Yossarian, the war pilot protagonist from Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22, finds himself … Read More ›
Tag: literature
In a world of online purchases, a real brick-and-mortar bookstore is a refreshing throwback, especially for those of us who like to inspect a thing … Read More ›
“I believe that poetry is an action, ephemeral or solemn, in which there enter as equal partners solitude and solidarity, emotion and action, the nearness … Read More ›
If the stated goal of the space adventures in Star Trek is “to explore strange new worlds,” we could say it falls to historians, classicists, … Read More ›
Last year when I took part in a podcast on the nature of literature, the subject of “the most underrated” literature came up. My immediate … Read More ›
The summer before my first teaching job, I eagerly ordered all the novels on the book list so I could read them before the year … Read More ›
Exactly one year from today marks the two-hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. Expect to see commemorations, biographies, and news articles in recognition of the … Read More ›
I’ll be the first to admit that I am not a fan of The Hobbit film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson. Whereas Jackson (or at least the people … Read More ›
After rereading The Man Who Was Thursday, I wondered why, when Chesterton went to the trouble of opposing an angel and the devil, he chose “Gabriel … Read More ›