Though his name might not be familiar to many twenty-first century readers, Laurence Whyte (d.1753) is an important missing link in eighteenth-century Ireland's literary and musical histories. A rural poet who established himself in Dublin as a teacher of mathematics and as an active member (and poetic chronicler) of the much admired and supported Charitable Musical Society, Whyte was a poet of considerable talent and dexterity, and his body of work yields a wealth of insight into the intersecting cultures of his time and place. Published in 1740 and 1742, Whyte's writing, by turns humorous...
Though his name might not be familiar to many twenty-first century readers, Laurence Whyte (d.1753) is an important missing link in eighteenth-century...
""Bless me Father, for I have sinned,"" says the penitent to open the dialogue in Catholic confessionals across the globe and throughout the ages. Along with the priest's words, ""For your penance . . ."" this encounter is an icon of Catholic life. But does the script, and the practices it signifies, have any relevance beyond the confessional? In The Politics of Penance, Michael Griffin responds yes. He explores great figures of the Christian tradition--the early Irish monks, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Pope St. John Paul II--to offer surprising insights for social repair. The result is a new...
""Bless me Father, for I have sinned,"" says the penitent to open the dialogue in Catholic confessionals across the globe and throughout the ages. Alo...
The Lovecraft eZine is a magazine of Weird Fiction and Lovecraftian Horror, with over 200,000 readers. Thanks for reading This issue: "Cthulhu Does Stuff," a comic by by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson "The Spaces Between," by Pete Rawlik "The Voyager," by Douglas Wynne "Endure Within a Dying Frame," by Michael Griffin "Catch Me If You Can," by Marcus Grimm "DreamShock," by Benjamin Knox & Toby Bennett "The Secret Goatman Spookshow," by Jonathan Raab "Winter Things," by Raven Daemorgan "Further," by F. J. Bergmann
The Lovecraft eZine is a magazine of Weird Fiction and Lovecraftian Horror, with over 200,000 readers. Thanks for reading This issue: "Cthu...
