Anchored: A Year in Review
Anchored: A Year in Review We’ve had an outstanding year with our own little corner of the Great Conversation. We launched our podcast Anchored at the end of […]
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literature
Verses for Christmas
Verses for Christmas By Travis Copeland The holiday season demands something more than prose for its full expression. One noteworthy distinction between poetry and prose, according to poet
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Alcott: An Author Profile
AlcottAn Author Profile By Sarah Reeves The domestic sweetness of Little Women is itself a reflection of the love and loyalty that prompted Alcott to write. The four
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Student Essay: Fate and Choice in “Wuthering Heights”
Student Essay: Fate and Choice in Wuthering Heights By Anastasia Leffas Though often hailed as a story of love spoilt by circumstance, Brontë’s novel is in truth a
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Dickens: An Author Profile
DickensAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The work of Dickens is at once politically radical and warmly domestic. Nineteenth-century Britain was rich in popular literature, much of which
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Student Essay: Without and Within
Student Essay: Without and Within By Brodie Crowder Sawyer and Finn present not only two distinct characters, but two whole modes of constructing narrative. Conflict is perhaps the
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Montaigne: An Author Profile
MontaigneAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Belief and skepticism strike us as opposites, but paradox is a familiar element in belief. As we know, the sixteenth century was
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Student Essay: Superstition and Religion in “Huckleberry Finn”
Student Essay: Superstition and Religion in Huckleberry Finn By Catherine Gath Twain’s portrait of what religion and superstition are to Finn indicate a subtle relationship between the two.
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Fitzgerald: An Author Profile
FitzgeraldAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Fun and unhappiness blend in a peculiar manner in Fitzgerald’s work. Though he died abruptly of a heart attack at only 44
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Student Essay: Victorian Womanhood in Britain and Brazil
Student Essay: Victorian Womanhood in Britain and Brazil By Erika Kyba We sometimes think of nineteenth-century femininity as a monolith, but this is false to both life and
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