Touring Sheldon Vanauken’s A Severe Mercy in Lynchburg
One summer, in between college semesters, I read a book recommended by my friends: A Severe Mercy, about a married couple who knew CS Lewis at Oxford.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Tag: literature
Bringing The Crucible to life for College Literature Class
When my daughter was frustrated by her mid-century modern assignment for her 17th-19th century literature class, I had an idea.
William Strachey, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and Jamestowne
Strachey’s story had me on the edge of my seat, intensely caught up in his word choice that made the drama come alive…resulting in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Acting Like Little Women, Thinking Like Transcendentalists
I’m in good company with the experts, who argue among themselves as to the meaning of transcendentalism of the literary authors in Concord, Massachusetts.
Texas Independence with Tocqueville, Lafayette and Napoleon
I portrayed a founder of an 1837 Texas town named La Grange, the county, Fayette, and the streets, Washington, Lafayette, Jefferson, and Madison.
Cato, Recitations, and Minuet at our Subscription Ball
Philip Vickers Fithian wrote in his journal: Virginians must dance or they will die. Thus, Virginians found a legal loophole around the “no frivolity” mandate.
Critique of Revolutionary Book about 1750-1783
This expensive book with no previews available was highly recommended by a classical homeschool curriculum. Buying the book, I was shocked by the errors.
Rhetoric Literature: Casually performing Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare was meant to be performed, to hear the beautiful language with rhythmic iambic pentameter aka reading his plays is 2D but hearing them is 3D.
A Shakespearean Homeschool Mother’s Journal
Inspired by our current survey of the works of Shakespeare in our rhetoric homeschool studies, I reflected on life from the viewpoint of Shakespearean quotes.
Windows to the World: An Introduction to Literary Analysis
I cannot say enough good things about Windows to the World: A Literary Analysis. It will help prepare your students for college!
