I consume a fair amount of media criticism, both contemporary and historical. I read about writing, about what’s written, and about writers. As a function of this, I have to give a lot of thought to how different critics critique.
In this second installment of the series, we’re still looking at G.K. Chesterton, because I’ve been continuing a read-through of his works. Today, though, we’re not looking at his fiction; no, we’re looking at what his literary criticism, at his
Note: This paper was written for college- hence the Works Cited includes course resources not publicly available. Originally titled: “At The Center, God.” The atheistic conception of the world by necessity bases its understanding of a hypothetical spiritual (or mental)
Last week’s look at the unique virtues of story covered its ability to invest the world with meaning and its power to teach what I termed an ‘aesthetic conscience’, an instinct towards beauty in all parts of life. Today we’ll