Clearly, the suppression of the Church by the English monarch deeply offended many pious believers. The more one reads about the period, the more sympathetic...
"I myself am torn between Chestertonian democratic populism and Waughvian aristocratic pretension." People, who reveal character, a sense of virtue, and what...
Anyone have suggestions for "fun stuff" to read during car rides? I don't like reading serious books on road trips because then I was want to take notes and...
... From: "the_spacemouse" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: <literatecatholicsunite@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 10:27 AM Subject: [Literate...
... want ... Anyone ... One absolutely hilarious book is The Old Limey by Henry Crocker III. Retired British General Nigel Haversham (a bit of a cross between ...
... want ... Anyone ... Wodehouse has already been mentioned, so may I recommend Terry Pratchett or Agatha Christie? Pratchett is really funny--at least, if...
... It's funny that you mention Pratchett, because that's all my younger brother reads. . . literally. He pounces on every new Terry Pratchett book, but...
I second the Wodehouse recommendation, though I've only read the Jeeves and Wooster books so far--excellent reads while enjoying a pipe! Mark ... rides? I ... ...
This sounds like the movie from a few years ago called "The Limey" (I think)--same story line, but not a comedy, more of a suspense thriller with lots of...
I'd like to plug a promising new web journal, The New Pantagruel. It's at http://www.newpantagruel.com . It aims to be a Rabelais- inspired mishmash of...
Thomas Aquinas makes humility a "part" of the virtue of temperance, because it is related to modesty. Pride is the opposite vice of humility. I guess this is...
... Thanks for posting this, Kevin. I'll have to keep an eye on that; it does look quite funny. I passed the link on to John, who has a rather Rabelaisian...
... Pantagruel. ... it ... rather ... I spent some time there and I enjoyed it. Thanks to Kevin for posting it. ... <snip> ... nicely-- ... many ... Too bad....
... Oh, I found that one in a public library a few years ago and LOVED it. I like Godden's novels, too; I haven't read that many of them, but most of the ones...
I have just finished Kristin Lavransdatter, a long, but most intensely interesting book. Clearly the author appreciated the humnaity and sinfulness of all of...
I was sent the names of two books on the Catholic theme and the Defense of Bataan, "Give Us This Day," by Sidney Stewart and "Brothers of Paul" by Richard...
Has anybody read anything by Andre Dubus? I hear he's a very sacramental writer, and I'm thinking of suggesting his work to the Denver Catholic Book Club. I...
Dubus is an astonishing writer - deeply Catholic, deeply sacramental, but very unsettling. Not like Flannery O'Connor... it's hard ot explain. Just read him....
I have been reading Paradise Lost, finished it today. I have to say I liked it. I especially liked between when Adam and Eve eat the fruit and God comes to...
I have never been able to warm up to Milton's portrayal of God. Too puritanical. He seems out of control, almost foolish, and then alternately vengeful. I...
Well, I thought the whole thing with the Father and the Son was a bit silly, like they are two people like us sitting up in Heaven talking to each other. But...
... Some people have also seen heresy in the depiction. . . but it's been too long since I've read the poem, and I don't really remember. I do remember...
... Have you heard of Stanley Fish's commentary on Paradise Lost? Here's a review: http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0111/articles/oakes.html Fish thinks...
... I'm new here. I'll just say something enigmatic and see what happens. I recommend the article "The Psycho-Epistemology of Art" in Ayn Rand's book...
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