Literature
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,…
Truth and Masks in Chesterton ~ The Imaginative…
“Orthodoxy” ends with Chesterton delving deep into the divine comedy at the heart of all things. If…
Dante, the Incarnation, & Frost’s “The Trial by…
“The Trial by Existence” is an example of Robert Frost’s strong and brilliant reworking of Dante’s…
Dante, the Incarnation, & Frost’s “The Trial by…
“The Trial by Existence” is an example of Robert Frost’s strong and brilliant reworking of Dante’s…
Truth and Masks in the World of Wilde ~ The Imaginative…
In 1885 Oscar Wilde wrote “The Truth of Masks,” in which he claimed that there was no such thing in…
The Light Invisible ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The modern secularist, T.S. Eliot, finds meaning either in the brute forces of the physical world…
Can Something Be ‘Great’, Even If You Hate It? ~ The…
I don’t really care for C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. I sympathize with the allegory Lewis was…
