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Benjamin Ivry
Gadfly and Scourge: On Alice Thomas Ellis
More work is needed on Alice Thomas Ellis, argues Benjamin Ivry
almost two decades after her death in 2005, alice thomas ellis’s novels and non-fiction works are available in paperback from bloomsbury aca...
Jack Kerouac at 100
the american writer jack kerouac, whose centenary fell this year, was adamant about the catholic inspiration of his work, which he repeatedl...
The Catholic writer who rivalled Dostoyevky
in march 2013, in the first homily after his election, pope francis said: “when one does not profess jesus christ, i recall the phrase of lé...
The mother of the English Catholic novel
a simple story (1791) by elizabeth inchbald is the first novel written by an english catholic with catholic characters, but despite being pr...
When atheists compose Masses
convincing catholic sacred music cannot be written by every gifted composer. when gustav mahler, a convert from judaism, was asked why he ha...
Catholics shouldn't be surprised by Julien Green's unexpurgated diaries
the american catholic author julien green (1900-1998) is admired by generations of readers for his novels, memoirs, plays dealing with his s...
A Protestant novelist's case for Catholicism
an enduring paradox of american literature is that a protestant author, willa cather (1873–1947) wrote novels with catholic themes that have...
The anti-clerical poet who inspired conversions to Catholicism
how should one evaluate the relationship of a poet with the church, when his verse is either obscure or plainly hostile to organised religio...
Fervent faith in fiddles: Heinrich Biber's genius
heinrich biber, a 17th- century bohemian catholic, took the psalmist’s exhortation to “sing unto the lord a new song” further than most othe...
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