CatherAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Few authors achieve the distinctive transparency of Cather’s work. ❧ Full name: Willa (née Wilella) Sibert Cather [wĭł-à, wĭ-lĕł-à sē-bŕt kăð-ŕ; see […]
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Student Essay: Beowulf and Ecclesiastes By Caleb Dummermuth The Old English epic and the biblical book share the same lament and the same hope. Ecclesiastes is a sobering
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SteinbeckAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The moral and atmospheric power of Steinbeck’s writing has justly won him an enduring place in the American canon. ❧ Full name
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Student Essay: Mark Antony in Julius Caesar By Julia Dudek Beside the principal tragedy of the play, there is a quiet moral tragedy in Antony’s arc. From the
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The Largest Dante Reading Group Worldwide Have you ever wanted to read the Divine Comedy? Don’t cross into hell alone … Dante Alighieri was one of the finest
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A Doubtful Martyr: A Review of The Power and the Glory By Gabriel Blanchard Faith and doubt are usually thought of as opposites. But what if faith and
LeeAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Few authors offer us a more straightforward moral, or one with greater power. ❧ Full name and titles: Nelle Harper Lee [nĕł
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Student Essay: The Qualities of Revenge in Hamlet By Mark Epstein The desire for revenge seems simple, but it gives rise to different results according to the character
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ChaucerAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown After centuries of obscurity, Chaucer restored vernacular English literature to prominence. ❧ Full name and titles: Geoffrey Chaucer [jĕf-rē chå-sŕ; see our
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The Great Conversation: Punishment By Matt McKeown It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. Publilius Syrus The idea of punishment usually
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