In his novel of 1949, The Little Sister, Raymond Chandler has his fictional private detective, Philip Marlowe say of another character, “nobody ever looked less like Lady Macbeth.” Next to Lady Macbeth and her spouse, few couples in Western literature represent such towering but doomed partners in crime. Even the nasty couple in James M. Cain’s [...]
Sample Content from Our Latest Issue Table of Contents Sample Article Love, Reason and Imagination: Samuel Schirra Interviews Joseph Pearce The following is from two interviews between Mr. Schirra and Mr. Pearce about Mr. Pearce’s philosophy of reading, writing, and analyzing literature, as well as his own experiences as a writer. An abridged version of this [...]
Joseph Pearce in conversation with Dan and Stephanie Burke on the wisdom and Catholicism of Tolkien's epic... https://jpearce.co/the-wisdom-of-the-lord-of-the-rings/
Joseph Pearce in conversation with Dan and Stephanie Burke... https://jpearce.co/from-skinhead-to-scholar/
Which sort of mirror shows us our true selves? https://jpearce.co/seeing-ourselves-in-the-mystical-mirror/
How William Wordsworth helped to sow the seeds of the Catholic Literary Revival... https://jpearce.co/the-romantic-reaction/
Does Greece or Rome win the battle of the epics? https://jpearce.co/homer-versus-virgil-2/
Joseph Pearce discusses William Blake's mystical and romantic reaction to the dark satanic mills of the industrial revolution... https://jpearce.co/dreams-of-jerusalem/
Is it possible to ask and answer all the most important questions about the meaning of life in a few words? Is the meaning of life really that simple? https://jpearce.co/the-meaning-of-life-in-a-thousand-words/
How can we tell a good edition of a classic from a bad one? Which edition of the classics should we read? Which should we avoid? https://jpearce.co/choosing-the-best-edition-of-the-classics/