One of the beneficial challenges of teaching at Cair Paravel Latin School, a classical Christian school, is that teachers and students read the classics. Sometime in the dog days of the last … On Reading a Classic: Virgil’s AeneidRead more
Book Reviews
Sense and Sensibility: Jane Austen v. Emma Thompson
Last night my wife and I watched the 1995 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, Sense and Sensibility. Emma Thompson’s screenplay won her an Oscar. Sense and Sensibility is the third Jane Austen novel that … Sense and Sensibility: Jane Austen v. Emma ThompsonRead more
Charles Williams on Truth and the Scholar
Relativism’s denial of truth is clearly undercutting the educational mission of our schools and universities. However, the English author Charles Williams (1886-1945) portrays in his novels two subtler and interrelated dangers to the scholar who … Charles Williams on Truth and the ScholarRead more
In Defense of Mrs. Bennet
I find Mrs. Bennet to be one of the most disgusting characters created by Jane Austen in her marvelous novel Pride and Prejudice, although the outrageous Reverend Collins can give her a run for her … In Defense of Mrs. BennetRead more
Willa Cather: Poetess of the Prairie
In my last post http://www.billisley.com/?p=801 I criticized the all too common practice among readers of skipping passages that describe landscapes. This “sin of the impatient reader” is especially harmful in the case of Willa Cather (1873-1947), … Willa Cather: Poetess of the PrairieRead more
