At last we’ve come to the final installment in our series exploring Walter M. Miller, Jr’s remarkable science fiction novel A Canticle for Leibowitz. In part one and part two, […]
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In part one of this two-part blog, I reviewed the story and themes of Dracula, but I opened the conversation by shooting a shot across the bow of common Dracula
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“Dracula,” by Bram Stoker, must be the most abused book in literary history. Wikipedia summarizes the themes of Dracula in a pithy three categories: gender and sexuality, race, and disease.
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“I should have said that!” This thought that goes through the head of virtually every person since upper adolescence as every one of us reflects back upon past conversations where
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The world of comic books as well as comic book movies and tv shows is fertile soil for Catholic themes and Catholish characters. Here are a few you have probably
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The 6 ‘3, flamboyant playwright that was Oscar Wilde will, regretfully and most likely only be remembered in academia and popular education for his wit and as an icon of
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“Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” – “G.K. Chesterton” – Neil Gaiman
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When the character of Captain America appeared in 1940, he was introduced as a direct opponent to Adolf Hitler. Although the United States has not yet entered World War Two,
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” These famous words from the Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde are often quoted to describe all
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