From Newman to Númenor
Joseph Pearce2024-05-03T04:37:06-05:00Celebrating the great works of the Catholic literary revival... Great Works of the Catholic Revival - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)
The Bard and the Duke
Daniel J. Heisey2024-04-30T03:06:41-05:00William Shakespeare’s many facets allow each era to respond to his writings in its own way. In the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Verdi turned Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Othello into tragic operas and transformed The Merry Wives of Windsor into Falstaff, and in the twentieth century, Duke Ellington composed jazz works inspired by Shakespeare. In 1957 Ellington recorded [...]
Shakespearean Chess
Daniel J. Heisey2024-04-30T03:02:40-05:00An often-reproduced painting in a private collection in Brooklyn purports to depict from life, around 1603, Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare playing chess. Bryan Loughrey and Neil Taylor, writing in the Winter, 1983, issue of Shakespeare Quarterly, noted that, “The chess portrait is unusual in that . . . its claims to authenticity rely largely on [...]
Frodo and the Faith
Joseph Pearce2024-04-25T04:17:57-05:00Joseph Pearce's appearance on The Catholic Theology Show discussing his book, Frodo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings: Frodo and the Faith - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)
Whodunnit? A Shakespeare Mystery
Joseph Pearce2024-04-25T04:13:49-05:00Buchel, Charles A.; Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917), as Macbeth in 'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare; Theatre Collection; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/herbert-beerbohm-tree-18521917-as-macbeth-in-macbeth-by-william-shakespeare-30506 Solving the latest criminal misrepresentation of Shakespeare... Whodunnit? A Shakespeare Mystery - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)
Shakespeare and Science
Joseph Pearce2024-04-25T04:10:09-05:00What is true science and what does Shakespeare teach us about it? Shakespeare and Science - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)
May-June Issue: G.K. Chesterton and Fulton Sheen: Defenders of the Faith
Winston Elliott2024-04-23T00:30:23-05:00Sample Content from Our Latest Issue Table of Contents Sample Article Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown: FROM LOGIC TO METAPHYSICS T. S. Eliot and detective stories In addition to the authors of undeniable quality that readers of detective novels can enjoy, the genre’s library also contains literary critics of great stature, including, perhaps surprisingly to [...]
Anti-Catholic Revolution and Catholic Revival
Joseph Pearce2024-04-21T03:29:06-05:00Discovering the unsung hero of the Catholic Revival in France... Anti-Catholic Revolution and Catholic Revival - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)
Love and Responsibility in Shakespeare
Joseph Pearce2024-04-21T03:27:15-05:00The latest episode in Joseph Pearce's series for EWTN on Great Books Every Catholic Should Know... Love and Responsibility in Shakespeare - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)
A New College is Born
Joseph Pearce2024-04-21T03:25:37-05:00How a conversation between Father Dwight Longenecker and Joseph Pearce led to the birth of Rosary College... A New College is Born - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)