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Moby Dick, Frankenstein, and the Anxiety of Influence

Shawn Phillip Cooper March 3, 2024

Great writers do not seek to escape influence—instead their creative genius shapes what they inherited.

Rudyard Kipling, Islam, and Empire

Carlos Perona Calvete February 29, 2024

In Kipling’s mind, the relativizing of different traditions within the harmony of the common worship of God could be satisfactorily manifested in the British Empire.

The Kidnapping of Anne of Green Gables

Jonathon Van Maren February 6, 2024

Canada’s most famous literary icon has been under attack by the usual assortment of leftist academics and radical activists.

Salvation in Goethe and Gounod

Shawn Phillip Cooper December 21, 2023

Faust’s salvation, as with humanity’s, comes only in time.

Preserving Culture from The Golden Legend to Ben-Hur

Shawn Phillip Cooper December 2, 2023

Conservative artists should keep the great achievements of Western culture alive.

Liturgical Conservatism and the Modern Novel

Roy Peachey October 29, 2023

The greatest Catholic writers of the 20th century drew on the deep riches of the liturgy to speak to the secular age.

Don Quixote, the Hidden Knight

Robert Lazu Kmita October 24, 2023

If anyone wishes to conquer the giants of their own vices, they must, like Don Quixote, take up the lance, the shield, draw down the visor, and mount Rocinante.

A Philosophical Adventure Towards Freedom

Alex Taylor October 14, 2023

In Outside the Gates, Hackett reveals to us that transcendence is woven into social reality, most especially in that highest friendship which tyranny seeks to root out: the friendship of virtue.

The Last Days of George Orwell

Jonathon Van Maren October 6, 2023

Leftists who claim Orwell as their own would likely be surprised to discover that he was very socially conservative.

The Island Without Seasons: An Adventure Without and Within

Felix James Miller July 23, 2023

Although at first glance, The Island Without Seasons is merely an adventure story about a man trying to discover the lost city of Atlantis, it is ultimately about how the man’s search allows him to better understand himself and the world in which he lives.

Tag: literature

Moby Dick, Frankenstein, and the Anxiety of Influence

Rudyard Kipling, Islam, and Empire

The Kidnapping of Anne of Green Gables

Salvation in Goethe and Gounod

Preserving Culture from The Golden Legend to Ben-Hur

Liturgical Conservatism and the Modern Novel

Don Quixote, the Hidden Knight

A Philosophical Adventure Towards Freedom

The Last Days of George Orwell

The Island Without Seasons: An Adventure Without and Within

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