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Tag Archives: Anthony Esolen
Purgatorio
Purgatorio© 14th century Dante Alighieri, translated 2004 by Anthony Esolen544 pages, including appendices and notes Seven years ago I descended into hell with Dante and his guide, Virgil, and after that arduous descent into a valley of desolation and … Continue reading
Freedom, Culture, and the Modern Negation of Both
From Anthony Esolen’s “Culture? What Culture”, a speech I heard on Youtube and began to transcribe until I did a google search and realized he’s already posted the full text of it. The speech is rather long and begins by … Continue reading
Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination Of Your Child
Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination Of Your Child © 2010 Anthony Esolen 256 pages In the spirit of The Screwtape Letters comes this, Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination Of Your Child. Anthony Esolen opens by observing that the … Continue reading
Real Music
Real Music: A Guide to the Timeless Hymns of the Church267 pages© 2016 Anthony Esolen In his book Out of the Ashes: Restoring American Culture, Anthony Esolen devoted an entire chapter solely to music. Here he does one better! To … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Anthony Esolen, art, Catholicism, Christianity, music, poetry, religion
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Out of the Ashes
Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture © 2017 Anthony Esolen 256 pages Some things, like a Roman bridge, can last for millennia through the virtue of their design, the simplicity of their use, and the inherent strength of their … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews, Society and Culture
Tagged Anthony Esolen, Catholicism, Christian humanism, Christianity, education, localism, marriage and family, Of Boys and Men, participation, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, sacramental living, social criticism, Society and Culture
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Inferno
Inferno created 14th century Dante Alighieri translated © 2002 Anthony Esolen 528 pages If Dante’s Inferno is to be believed, Hell is mostly populated by Italians. The first piece in the Divine Comedy, Inferno takes the reader down into the … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Reviews
Tagged "classic", Anthony Esolen, Christian literature, Christianity, Classics and Literary, Dante, Italy, Medieval, poetry
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