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Julius Caesar (Paperback)
Joseph Pearce, William Shakespeare
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Though a staple in high school English classes, Julius Caesar is
not a simple play. Seemingly irreconcilable forces are at work:
fate and free will, the changeableness and stubbornness of
ambitious men, the demands of public service and the desire for
private gain. Drawn from history as recorded by Plutarch, the major
characters-Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony-are complex, as
are the twists and turns of their fortunes. What kind of man rises
to power? What price does he pay when he becomes a politician?
These questions raised by Shakespeare are relevant in every age,
whether ancient Rome, Elizabethan England, or even in our own day.
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By What Authority (Hardcover)
Robert Hugh Benson; Foreword by Joseph Pearce; Illustrated by Jerzy Ozga
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Macbeth (Paperback)
Joseph Pearce, William Shakespeare
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Articles on religion and the religious during the Victorian period,
showing its unity and disunity. The major themes of Catholic
historiography and the history of education during the Victorian
era unite the essays collected here, as is fitting for a volume
honouring the work in these fields of Professor Vincent Alan
McClelland.There is a particular emphasis upon the life and work of
Cardinal Manning; other figures and topics considered include
Father Randal Lythgoe, Cardinal Newman, the English Benedictine
contribution to the British Empire, modern Scottish Catholic
history, and Victorian Christianity in its various forms, as in the
essays on Methodism and the Church of Ireland.
The Merchant of Venice is probably the most controversial of all
Shakespeare's plays. It is also one of the least understood. Is it
a comedy or a tragedy? What is the meaning behind the test of the
caskets? Who is the real villain of the trial scene? Is Shylock
simply vicious and venomous, or is he more sinned against than
sinning? Can the play be described as anti-semitic? What exactly is
the quality of mercy? Is Portia one of the great Christian heroines
of western literature? And what of the comedy of the rings with
which Shakespeare ends the play? These questions and many others
are answered in this critical edition of one of the Bard's
liveliest plays.
Discover the Christian meaning in " The Hobbit. "
In " Bilbo\'s Journey " go beyond the dragons, dwarves, and elves,
and discover the surprisingly deep meaning of J.R.R. Tolkien\'s
classic novel " The Hobbit. "
Bilbo\'s quest to find and slay the dragon Smaug is a riveting
tale of daring and heroism, but as renowned Tolkien scholar Joseph
Pearce shows, it is not simply Bilbo\'s journey, it is our journey
too.
It is the Christian journey of self-sacrifice out of love for
others, and abandonment to providence and grace.
In " Bilbo\'s Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning of The
Hobbit " you will relive the excitement of Tolkien\'s classic tale,
while discovering the profound Christian meaning that makes " The
Hobbit " a truly timeless adventure.
Highly regarded and best-selling literary writer and teacher,
Joseph Pearce presents a stimulating and vivid biography of the
world's most revered writer that is sure to be controversial.
Unabashedly provocative, with scholarship, insight and keen
observation, Pearce strives to separate historical fact from
fiction about the beloved Bard.
Shakespeare is not only one of the greatest figures in human
history, he is also one of the most controversial and one of the
most elusive. He is famous and yet almost unknown. Who was he? What
were his beliefs? Can we really understand his plays and his poetry
if we don't know the man who wrote them?
These are some of the questions that are asked and answered in
this gripping and engaging study of the world's greatest ever poet.
"The Quest for Shakespeare" claims that books about the Bard have
got him totally wrong. They misread the man and misread the work.
The true Shakespeare has eluded the grasp of the critics. Dealing
with the facts of Shakespeare's life and times, Pearce's quest
leads to the inescapable conclusion that Shakespeare was a
believing Catholic living in very anti-Catholic times.
Many of his friends and family were persecuted, and even
executed, for their Catholic faith. And yet he seems to have
avoided any notable persecution himself. How did he do this? How
did he respond to the persecution of his friends and family? What
did he say about the dreadful and intolerant times in which he
found himself? "The Quest for Shakespeare" answers these questions
in ways that will enlighten and astonish those who love
Shakespeare's work, and that will shock and outrage many of his
critics. This book is full of surprises for beginner and expert
alike.
Beauteous Truth explores the inextricable connection between the
Good, the True and the Beautiful. It is a book that makes the
necessary connections between faith and reason and between
theology, philosophy, history and literature. It presents a
panoramic overview of Western Civilization, from Homer to Tolkien,
and highlights the importance of the great figures of the Catholic
cultural revival, including Newman, Wilde, Chesterton, Belloc, and
C.S. Lewis. Ranging from Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, Beauteous
Truth celebrates the marriage of sanity and sanctity, which is the
fruit of the indissoluble union of fides et ratio. Early
ReviewsWhat we have here is a glorious and compendious portmanteau
of - well - of Everything, as it were. We have all long since
discovered that Joseph Pearce is a polymath. But he has outdone
himself with this volume. The subtitle is the cue: "Faith, Reason,
Literature, and Culture." And the text fulfills that promise.
Readers are in for a bracing itinerary that will take them from
Greek classicism through the Middle Ages, the Counter-Reformation,
the Romantic Movement, and into modernity. The presiding factor in
the whole thing is a robust Catholic orthodoxy. The author/guide
speaks with both authority and brio. This book qualifies for the
"Highly recommended" slot. - Thomas Howard (St. John's Seminary,
Boston, emer.) Joseph Pearce has not only written much on Catholic
letters but on the whole tradition of letters in our culture. In
this collection, he brings together his wide, amazingly wide
reflections and considerations on literature and what it really
stands for. While many paths to the highest things might be taken,
the literary path is perhaps the most pleasant and the most
engaging. Pearce not only draws us out, alerts us to authors who
speak to us, but he also opens doors to writers and themes in
Catholic and western literature that would be otherwise closed to
us without his sensitive guidance and insight. We have here the
whole of Pearce where he tells us everything about which he has
been thinking. It is a great contribution to our understanding of
reality, to the things that are." - James V. Schall, s.j.,
Georgetown University This interdisciplinary collection of essays
previously published in such journals as St. Austin Review, First
Things, and Chesterton Review provides rich food for thought on an
array of topics dealing with the intersection between beauty,
truth, culture, and Catholicism. Brief yet pithy, each essay can
stand alone, inviting wide ranging meditation on the modern
situation in light of history, literature, science, and religion.
Taken together, the essays offer an epic sweep of a culture at
crossroads urgently needing to reclaim the illumination of Christ.
This is a book to savor and return to, time and again. - Dr. Mary
Reichardt, Professor of Catholic Studies and Literature, The
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.
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