by Frank Jolley | Aug 27, 2025 | The Classics, The Iliad by Homer
Without some background, approaching the Iliad can be a very difficult and possibly fruitless endeavor. This list should provide you with some resources to (a) give you the background necessary to comprehend the backstory and plot of The Iliad, and (b) make the...
by Frank Jolley | Aug 27, 2025 | Literature Reviews, The Classics, The Iliad by Homer
Part I Homer’s Iliad: undisputably one of the greatest works within the Western literary pantheon, and arguably the starting point and patrimony for the entire western literary tradition itself. The importance of The Iliad as masterwork of literature, as well as...
by Frank Jolley | Aug 27, 2025 | Literature Reviews, The Classics, The Iliad by Homer
It is a rare thing to place the words Achilles and Christian in the same sentence. In fact, in many ways, we could consider Achilles to be the anthesis of Christ. And yet there is something within his character, even if it be a faint spark, that longs for and...
by Frank Jolley | Aug 27, 2025 | Dracula by Bram Shoker, Literature Reviews, Monsters, Ghosts, and Haunted Houses
Dracula is one of those novels that most should be able to approach without any prior preparation. While it’s epistolary form can seem foreign and off-putting, even this should not create a barrier too great for the average reader. The story is pretty easy...
by Frank Jolley | Aug 27, 2025 | Dracula by Bram Shoker, Literature Reviews, Monsters, Ghosts, and Haunted Houses
Although Dracula’s reputation precedes him, we cannot necessarily say the same for Bram Stoker, the author of the famed classic “Dracula”. Stoker’s work Dracula was certainly his highest literary achievement, amidst a career that produced works of only a modest...
by Frank Jolley | Aug 27, 2025 | Dracula by Bram Shoker, Literature Reviews, Monsters, Ghosts, and Haunted Houses
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a work which traverses many theological themes, does not shy away from a treatment of the capital sin known as lust. And while it seems that Stoker’s treatment of this theme was both theological and social (there was a Victorian fear of...
