G Henry de Frahan
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G Henry de Frahan
C.S. Lewis on why we must read old books — and why history matters…
From The Weight of Glory (1941)
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Why read great literature
Great literature is the heart of a civilization. When we think of the Greeks, we think of Homer and Sophocles, of the Romans, Virgil and Seneca. Dante was Italy’s greatest flourishing, and Shakespeare England’s. These works might be representative of a set of core beliefs or ideas, but they are also extraordinary aesthetic achievements. They record... See more
How to get started reading English literature.
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“An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you’re constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you’ll sort of be alright.”
— Bob Dylan