Robin Harris reads Jane Austen’s novels with an eye toward how virtue is formed in the characters — and the readers
Literature
Cosmic Connections: A Review
Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment by Charles Taylor. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press. 2024. 640 pp. Hardcover. $37.95 Although British Romanticism was born out of the crucible of the French Revolution, it also represents the first great...
The Problem of Neil Gaiman
Are readers complicit in the evils of the writers they enjoy?
Brandon Sanderson’s Materialist Fantasies
The popular high fantasy author’s obsession with magic systems fails to glimpse the real truth of creation.
The Discarded Lewis
Recovering the forgotten side of C.S. Lewis.
The Edited Don’t Rage, Being (We Hope) in Eternal Bliss
Jessica Hooten Wilson’s new edition of Flannery O’Connors unfinished novel disappoints.
Milton’s “Nativity Ode” and the Subversion of Magic
John Milton was well ahead of the curve when it came to “disenchantment” discourse.
Homer in Wittenberg: A Review
Uncovering the influence of Homer on Philip Melanchthon.
The Faith of Agatha Christie
History’s greatest crime writer had an often overlooked religious side – and a distinctly Protestant one at that.
The Spirit of Liberty in “Paradise Lost”
What did John Milton really think of freedom?