Monthly Archives: July 2007

John Donne and Doubt

Browsing the books shelves of our local library, I found a new biography about John Donne, who wrote intellectually muscular poetry. I took down the hefty book and remembered that Donne struggled with his conversion to the Church of England, … Continue reading

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Tolkien and Liszt

Within the last week, I have read two diametrically opposed books. Marjorie Burns published a book in 2005 titled Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien’s Middle-earth. This scholarly book published by University of Toronto Press is based on the … Continue reading

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