Tag: literature

Race, Religion, and Republic in Herman Melville’s “Redburn”

Miles Smith — October 28, 2024

Race, Religion, and Republic in Herman Melville’s “Redburn”

Herman Melville published his autobiographical novel Redburn in 1849. The work proved to be one of his best, and in many ways remains his most quintessentially American novel. Redburn lacks…

Lewis’s Wilder?: On Literary Masterpieces

E. J. Hutchinson — April 19, 2024

Lewis’s Wilder?: On Literary Masterpieces

Thornton Wilder and C.S. Lewis on reading masterpieces.