Cowper’s exploration of Truth takes Pilate’s question as its jumping off point.
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“What Is Truth?” He Asked of Truth Itself
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Lit as Truth in a Self-Deceiving World
When many are suffering from cognitive dissonance, the truth of literature more important than ever.
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Eternally Damned after Reading a Book
In which I compare Austen’s Marianne and Willoughby to Dante’s Paulo and Francesca.
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The Only Lasting Treasure, Truth
William Cowper’s meditations on Truth in “The Task” dramatize Jesus’s words on the subject.
Beauty Breaks Like a Flash from Heaven
William Cowper invokes St. Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus to capture his sense of God in nature.
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Oh! For a Closer Walk with God
William Cowper understands the depressed ache of emptiness, which intensifies his longing for the Holy Spirit.
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