Literature
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…
A Conversation ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Peco Gaskovski’s “Exogenesis” has been described as “Blade Runner meets the Benedict Option.” In…
Don Quixote in Pursuit of the Beautiful ~ The…
When man pursues beauty, he takes it into himself and becomes beautiful through it; a perpetual…
Our Father’s House ~ The Imaginative Conservative
God is the complete satisfaction of our need to know and to love. He is all Truth, utterly lovable.…
Return to Chesterton ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The question I should like at least to open is whether G.K. Chesterton had not both the deeper and…
The Legacy of Forrest McDonald ~ The Imaginative…
Forrest McDonald demonstrated that the historian above all must be a pragmatist who looks at the…
Imagining the Epiphany ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The late Steve Masty’s “The Test of the Magi” is a novel that displays a powerful religious…
