Continuing on with my “A Life in Literature,” I look at some of the works that impacted me when I was 8-12. These include authors Lewis, Tolkien, Burnett and Shakespeare.
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Tag Archives: Narnia
Childhood Confusion: Reading to the Rescue
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Is Rousseau Ruining Today’s Youth?
A Wall Street Journal columnist argues that Rousseau is responsible for today’s lost youth. That and not reading classic lit.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Classicism, Emile, Gustave Flaubert, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Madame Bovary, Paul and Virginia, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Romanticism, Secret Garden, Triumph of Life, young adult literature Comments closed
The Always Overflowing Sea
Neruda’s “Ode to the Sea” can also be an exploration of our relationship to God.
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