Tag: Literature
“Robinson Crusoe” and Modernity ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Timothy H.Williams “Robinson Crusoe” contains profound messages for us today. It is an enactment of the modern, secular individual making his way alone in the world and overcoming challenges through the power of his own unaided reason. At the same time, in pointing to… Continue Reading ““Robinson Crusoe” and Modernity ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Disney’s Frozen Heart – The Imaginative Conservative
By Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg The movie “Frozen” is full of spectacular visual and aural displays, but morally it is a production devoid of virtue. It may satisfy the appetites of the masses but it feeds no souls. Christian parents should remember that Disney has… Continue Reading “Disney’s Frozen Heart – The Imaginative Conservative”
Death at Yuletude: T.S. Eliot and “The Journey of the Magi” ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Nayeli Riano T.S. Eliot’s “The Journey of the Magi” is as sincere a conversion poem as one can have it: No fancy light shining down from the heavens or a thunderous call to holiness; just one small event that left a Magus perplexed… Continue Reading “Death at Yuletude: T.S. Eliot and “The Journey of the Magi” ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
“Andreas” & the Redemptive Possibilities of the Past ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Paul England In the Old English poem, “Andreas,” the fate of the old giant-work and the fate of the pagans were linked. The pagan stones became the site of a church—not only because of the miraculous flood, but because of the faith of… Continue Reading ““Andreas” & the Redemptive Possibilities of the Past ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Holy Ghosts & the Spirit of Christmas: “A Christmas Carol” ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Joseph Pearce “A Christmas Carol” is, as might be expected of a meditation on the spirit of Christmas, a literary work that operates most profoundly on the level of theology… — Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/12/holy-ghosts-spirit-dickens-christmas-carol-joseph-pearce.html
The World Spins On: “The Value of Herman Melville” ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Daniel Ross Goodman The quest to write the Great American Novel has long been the American literary equivalent of the quest for the Holy Grail. Among the perennial roster of contenders for this legendary status, there is a strong case to be made… Continue Reading “The World Spins On: “The Value of Herman Melville” ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
America’s “Logres”: The Mythology of a Nation ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Raymond Docupil C.S. Lewis believed that every nation possesses what he called a “haunting,” a “Logres,” which baptizes it with a unique inner life. What, or where, is America’s Logres? Who is the mythological hero that could guide the American identity the way… Continue Reading “America’s “Logres”: The Mythology of a Nation ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
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