Category: Literature

Reconstructing Moral Formation: The Traits and Habits that Allow Jane Austen’s Heroines to Build Virtue

Robin Jean Harris — November 2, 2025

Reconstructing Moral Formation: The Traits and Habits that Allow Jane Austen’s Heroines to Build Virtue

Robin Harris reads Jane Austen's novels with an eye toward how virtue is formed in the characters — and the readers

Cosmic Connections: A Review

Louis Markos — June 23, 2025

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 Problem of Neil Gaiman

Jeremy Larson — February 25, 2025

The Problem of Neil Gaiman

Are readers complicit in the evils of the writers they enjoy?

Brandon Sanderson’s Materialist Fantasies

John Ehrett — December 10, 2024

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

Rhys Laverty — November 12, 2024

The Discarded Lewis

Recovering the forgotten side of C.S. Lewis.

The Edited Don’t Rage, Being (We Hope) in Eternal Bliss

Alex Taylor — October 30, 2024

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

Jeremy Larson — October 22, 2024

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

E. J. Hutchinson — October 22, 2024

Homer in Wittenberg: A Review

Uncovering the influence of Homer on Philip Melanchthon.

The Faith of Agatha Christie

John Walnut — July 10, 2024

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”

Shuyuan He — May 30, 2024

The Spirit of Liberty in “Paradise Lost”

What did John Milton really think of freedom?