Thanksgiving with St. Francis & G. K. Chesterton
Joseph Pearce2020-11-20T22:29:59+00:00In celebration of Thanksgiving we hear St. Francis and G. K. Chesterton giving thanks:
Glimfeather Visits the Fairy Wood
Joseph Pearce2020-11-20T22:22:51+00:00Ladydale Diary St. Edmund, King and Martyr, 2020 Today is the feast of a saint who’s especially close to my heart. St. Edmund was an Anglo-Saxon king who was martyred by the pagan Vikings. His shrine was in the town of Bury St. Edmunds, once known as St. Edmundsbury, in Suffolk, which is only fifteen [...]
Othello in a Nutshell
Joseph Pearce2020-11-17T00:13:56+00:00Understanding the key elements of one of Shakespeare's darkest tragedies in a little over a thousand words.... https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/11/othello-nutshell-joseph-pearce.html
Breathless with Belloc and Singing with the Saints
Joseph Pearce2020-11-12T20:12:11+00:00Newly Posted to the Inner Sanctum Joseph Pearce celebrates this week's feast days of Saints Gertrude and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary by discussing and reading two poems by Saint Gertrude and a poem about Saint Elizabeth by Christina Rossetti. Continuing the pilgrimage to Rome with Hilaire Belloc, we share his first breathtaking view of the [...]
Taking Belloc’s Breath Away
Joseph Pearce2020-11-12T19:53:53+00:00As we continue our pilgrimage to Rome with Hilaire Belloc, our pilgrim is transfixed by his first sight of the distant Alps, inspiring some breathtakingly beautiful prose....
Dante: The Universal Poet
Joseph Pearce2020-11-12T19:44:10+00:00Beginning our discussion of the Divine Comedy....
Celebrating Saints Gertrude and Elizabeth
Joseph Pearce2020-11-12T19:55:45+00:00Celebrating this week feast days, I discuss and read two poems by St. Gertrude the Great and a poem by Christina Rossetti on St. Elizabeth of Hungary....
Weird Weather and the Goldfinch Gang
Joseph Pearce2020-11-12T19:20:55+00:00Ladydale Diary St. Josephat, 2020 This has been the weirdest of weeks in terms of weather. Hot, humid, overcast. Brooding. Portentous. And then yesterday evening, while I was teaching an online class on Othello and had just mentioned Iago’s role as a diabolus, all hell broke loose. A blinding flash of lightning was followed by [...]
Literary Light Amid the Ruins
Joseph Pearce2020-11-10T21:57:57+00:00Amid the ruins of “progress” it is art, and particularly literature, that has proved the voice of the resistance.... https://www.ncregister.com/blog/light-amid-the-ruins
Timelessness and Times Square
Joseph Pearce2020-11-09T16:47:10+00:00In my latest essay for the Imaginative Conservative I combine musings on the mystery of Time with a review of a collection of short stories by William Baer: https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/11/timelessness-times-square-and-other-stories-william-baer-joseph-pearce.html