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Home: Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Andre Dubus 1936-1999 - AMY WELBORNWhen Andre Dubus passed away in his Haverhill, Massachusetts home on February 25, obituaries noted the loss of one of America's finest writers of the short story and certainly one of the most interesting and inspiring figures on the contemporary literary scene. Read more... Anti-Christ Superman: The Superhero and the Suffering Servant - Jordan J. BallorThe superficial similarities between Jesus and Superman are clear. Both are sons sent to Earth to save humankind. But it is here that the likeness ends and the more fundamental differences appear. Read more... Are Christians Intolerant? - Michael D. O'BrienHow very difficult it is to resist an entire culture, and especially for children to do so, because it is a right"and good thing for children to grow into awareness of being members of a broader community. Read more... Are clichés the Achilles’ heel of our language? - Robert FulfordOr do they take one for the team, give 110% and keep us in the loop? Read more... Are we heading, eyes open, to a materialist Hell on Earth? - Paul JohnsonIf I wanted to pick an artist whose work and mind seem peculiarly apt for the present day, my choice would fall on Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516), the Netherlandish master who specialised in moralising fantasies and diablerie. Read more... Art as Prayer - Makoto Fujimura"The idea of forging a new kind of art, about hope, healing, redemption, refuge, while maintaining visual sophistication and intellectual integrity is a growing movement, one which finds Makoto Fujimura's work at the vanguard," writes art critic Robert Kushner. James Romaine discusses Makoto Fujimura's understanding of life and art in this interview. Read more... Art, Beauty, and Judgment - Roger ScrutonGood taste is as important in aesthetics as it is in humor, and indeed taste is what it is all about. Read more... As We Forgive - Frederica Mathewes-GreenWhat touched me about As We Forgive was the unexpected beauty of forgiveness, the victory of love over evil, the bursting of light into darkness. Read more... Assurances of Faith: How Catholic was Shakespeare? How Catholic are his Plays? - Paul J. VossThe Catholic imagination — the imagination that allowed Shakespeare to sprinkle his plays with references to Catholic religious beliefs and practices in meaningful ways — also helped to create the fictive worlds of Denmark, Rome, Verona, Venice, and Illyria. The imagination that made him Catholic also helped make him the greatest writer in the English-speaking world. Read more... Auden and the Limits of Poetry - Alan JacobsBy the mid-1930s W. H. Auden was the most famous and most widely imitated young poet in England. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 20-Nov-2009 - 09:48:48
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