Literature
Tolkien’s Easter Joy in “The Lord of the…
“The Lord of the Rings” is not an allegorical story, nor should it be treated as such, but that…
The Screen & the Abolition of Imagination ~ The…
I enjoyed Peter Jackson’s film version of “The Lord of the Rings” and accept that a film adaptation…
A Progressive Conservative ~ The Imaginative…
As a settler in seventeenth-century New England and as a female poet, Anne Bradstreet was a…
The Catholic Literary Revival ~ The Imaginative…
Catholic literature, when we discover it coming into being in the mid-nineteenth century, is a…
An Honorable Hero? ~ The Imaginative Conservative
In his last moments, Brutus voiced a sentiment about the ultimate tragedy of the virtuous life in…
Mircea Eliade & the Mythological Origins of…
Through his interpretive method, Mircea Eliade sought to keep open the path of metaphysics, and…
Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, Laughter, & Lent ~ The…
C.S. Lewis’ obscure essay, ‘A Note on Jane Austen,’ shows that it is Austen’s humor and humility…
Reading 100-Year-Old Books ~ The Imaginative…
In February of 2022, I began a new tradition that I hope to maintain. It stemmed from a keen desire…
The Humanity of Huck Finn ~ The Imaginative…
Huckleberry Finn is no hero, though he does symbolize the American conscience at the time Mark…
St. Augustine and J.R.R. Tolkien ~ The Imaginative…
As did St. Augustine as the barbarians tore through Rome’s gate on August 24, 410, at midnight,…
