Thoreau: An Author Profile
ThoreauAn Author Profile By Travis Copeland Few authors are less timely than Thoreau, and it is in this that he is most edifying to us. ❧ Full name: […]
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Spending Time With Auden
Spending Time With Auden By Travis Copeland The progress of the year can seem gloomy, especially in winter, but this gives us a unique opportunity to “redeem the
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Livy: An Author Profile
LivyAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard History sits at the borders of science today; in the ancient world, it was in many respects closer to an art. ❧
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The “Pearl” Poet: An Author Profile
The Pearl PoetAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard This elusive author, whose writing contains so much of the sacred, the lovely, and the dreadful, is a surprisingly good
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The Brothers Grimm: An Authors’ Profile
The Brothers GrimmAn Authors’ Profile By Gabriel Blanchard From Poe to the Inklings to Disney, nearly all modern fiction with even a hint of magic in it descends
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A Flood Upon a Midnight Clear
A Flood Upon a Midnight Clear At the edge of the Arctic Circle, there is a custom around this time that may be well worth sharing in the
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Nietzsche: An Author Profile
NietzscheAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Only a few authors can claim to have foreseen (or foreshadowed) the chaos of the twentieth century, but the shadow of Nietzsche
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Descartes: An Author Profile
DescartesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard If all philosophy can be called a footnote to Plato, all modern philosophy can be called a footnote to Descartes. ❧ Full
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Melville: An Author Profile
MelvilleAn Author Profile By Sebastian Garren Few novels are as esteemed, as widely taught, or as misunderstood as Moby-Dick. ❧ Full name: Herman Melville [hŕ-màn mĕł-vĭł; see our
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St. Gregory the Great: An Author Profile
St. Gregory the GreatAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard It is almost never true that anyone singlehandedly saved a whole community; it might be true of Gregory the
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