Literature
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…
A Foray Into Metaphysical Poetry With John Donne ~ The…
Something about the way in which metaphysical poetry engages the mind is unique to this style of…
The Open Front Door ~ The Imaginative Conservative
People who read books of this kind usually expect the author to answer the question: “Why did you…
The Romantic Reaction ~ The Imaginative Conservative
C.S. Lewis thought that “Romanticism” had acquired so many different meanings that, as a word, it…
The Cufflinks of Fr. Ian Boyd (1935–2024) ~ The…
Fr. Ian Boyd was one of the most beautiful representatives of that culture that goes by the name of…
