Category Archives: English Literature

D. M. G. K. Chesterton and J. L. Borges

Posted on Tuesday: June 14, 2011 by Michael Hendry

Two more author anniversaries today, and again authors best known for their short stories. It is the 75th anniversary of the death of G. K. Chesterton, and the 25th anniversary of the death of Jorge Luis Borges. Here’s a bit … Continue reading →

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A Missed Opportunity for Aesthetic Synergy

Posted on Saturday: September 19, 2009 by Michael Hendry

The American Shakespeare Center is currently doing four plays in rotation at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton: I Henry IV, Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, and Titus Andronicus. All are delightful in their different ways. Unfortunately, Titus … Continue reading →

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Fulke Art II

Posted on Saturday: August 27, 2005 by Michael Hendry

Here’s another neoclassical poem from Caelica, number XCIII complete: The Augurs were of all the world admir’d, Flatter’d by consuls, honor’d by the State, Because the event of all that was desir’d, They seem’d to know, and keep the books … Continue reading →

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