Tag Archives: "Task"

“What Is Truth?” He Asked of Truth Itself

Cowper’s exploration of Truth takes Pilate’s question as its jumping off point.

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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.

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What Is Truth? Cowper’s Beautiful Answer

In the face of Trump’s constant lying, we need William Cowper, who reminds us of the sanctity of truth.

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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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