Lessons From Purgatory
Lessons From Purgatory By Autumn Kennedy In its own capacity, Dante’s Purgatorio resembles Virgil, shepherding its readers up the sacred mountain in this life as he shepherded its […]
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Great Works & Authors
Malory: An Author Profile
MaloryAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard No one codified the legend of King Arthur and its meaning for English culture as powerfully as Thomas Malory. ❧ Full name
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The Legacy of the Nibelungenlied
The Legacy of the Nibelungenlied By Gabriel Blanchard What legacy is there to utter destruction? As it turns out, if it has a poet on its side, quite
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The Nibelungenlied: A Book Profile
The NibelungenliedA Book Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Romance; treachery; vengeance; many unpronounceable names: here we have the ingredients of high epic. ❧ Full title: Der Nibelungenlied (“The Song
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Woolf: An Author Profile
WoolfAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In her narrative techniques and personal ideals, Woolf was emblematic of all of twentieth-century literature. ❧ Full name: Adeline Virginia Woolf, née
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The Great Conversation: Education—Part I
The Great Conversation: Education—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard We shall doubtless get to the last in due time, but what, in the first place, is education for? On
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Whitehead: An Author Profile
WhiteheadAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Whitehead said Western philosophy can be described as footnotes to Plato; whether Whitehead saw the weight of the footnote he himself added
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Keynes: An Author Profile
KeynesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard* The love of money is a root of all kinds of government. ❧ Full name: John Maynard Keynes [jôn mā-nàŕd kēnz; see our
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Tocqueville: An Author Profile
TocquevilleAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The legacy of the American and French Revolutions is a complicated one, and nowhere exhibits its complexity more than in the writings
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Von Goethe: An Author Profile
Von GoetheAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Goethe inaugurated a fundamental change in the passions that inspire literature in general. ❧ Full name: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, né
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