“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 ›
Tag: literature
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 ›
Thomas Merton tried his hand at writing from his college years on, but his books were never publishable until he wrote the account of his … Read More ›
The character of Odysseus, or Ulysses, has been capturing the imagination of artists for centuries. He has inspired children’s books and television shows, numerous films, the … Read More ›