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concept/slavery
21 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
What I Saw in America
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/travel_writing
form/essay
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/satire_of_society
concept/justice
concept/identity
concept/critique_of_progress
histref/american_civil_war
character/abraham_lincoln
character/thomas_jefferson
character/h_g_wells
character/henry_ford
character/andrew_jackson
character/walt_whitman
character/charles_dickens
concept/democracy
concept/slavery
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/distributism
concept/common_man
concept/conformity_vs_individualism
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/prohibition
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/city
motif/fire
motif/money_and_gold
motif/machine
motif/flag
setting/america
setting/new_york
setting/washington_dc
setting/american_south
setting/american_west
setting/new_england_america
setting/american_frontier
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/outsider
form/satire
histref/irish_question
histref/puritanism
histref/french_revolution
histref/industrial_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Utopia of Usurers
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/distributism
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/social_injustice
motif/money_gold
concept/class_conflict
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/slavery
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/satire_of_society
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/democracy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/eugenics
motif/prison
motif/chains
setting/germany
setting/london
setting/ireland
archetype/tyrant
archetype/fool
archetype/rebel
archetype/corrupt_official
histref/french_revolution
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/marconi_scandal
Jul 24, 2026
The Crimes of England
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_and_corruption
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/the_reformation
character/frederick_the_great
character/napoleon
character/napoleon_iii
character/bismarck
character/william_cobbett
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
character/duke_of_wellington
character/blucher
character/lord_salisbury
character/garibaldi
character/carlyle
character/maria_theresa
character/william_pitt
character/castlereagh
character/hans_andersen
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/slavery
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/class_conflict
concept/common_man
topos/sleeper_awakes
topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand
topos/world_upside_down
motif/machine
motif/horse
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/blood
setting/germany
setting/denmark
setting/italy
setting/russia
setting/paris
setting/rural_england
setting/battlefield
setting/ireland
archetype/tyrant
archetype/villain
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/hero
archetype/common_man_2
form/apologetics
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/thirty_years_war
histref/irish_question
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
The Servile State
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/essay
form/history
concept/distributism
concept/capitalism
concept/socialism
concept/slavery
concept/communism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/class_conflict
concept/authority
concept/social_injustice
motif/chains
motif/machine
motif/money_and_gold
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/reformation
histref/catholic_church
setting/england
setting/industrial_city
archetype/common_man_2
Jul 24, 2026
The Crime of the Congo
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/essay
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/slavery
concept/greed_and_money
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/social_injustice
motif/blood
motif/money_and_gold
histref/roger_casement
histref/british_empire
setting/africa
character/sir_arthur_conan_doyle
archetype/villain
archetype/tyrant
Jul 24, 2026
The Angry Street
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/satire_of_society
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/critique_of_progress
topos/world_upside_down
motif/the_city
motif/the_clock
motif/the_supernatural
motif/madness
motif/horse
form/short_story
setting/london
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/labor_and_work
concept/slavery
concept/apocalypse
concept/uncanny
topos/night_journey_vision
motif/chains
motif/road
motif/hill
motif/dreams
setting/modern_metropolis
archetype/prophet
form/parable
histref/industrial_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Social Reform B.C
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/social_injustice
concept/class_conflict
concept/poverty
concept/reform
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/distributism
motif/marriage
character/malthus
character/godwin
character/dean_of_st_paul_s
concept/common_man
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/slavery
concept/labor_and_work
concept/freedom
concept/procreation
concept/paradox
concept/democracy
concept/charity
topos/world_upside_down
motif/home
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/corrupt_official
form/satire
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/romantic_movement_sensibility
Jul 24, 2026
The Equality of Sexlessness
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
motif/marriage
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/identity
concept/reform
concept/procreation
concept/waste_land_sterility
concept/slavery
concept/labor_and_work
concept/natural_order
concept/freedom
topos/world_upside_down
motif/home
histref/french_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
The Outline of Sanity
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/distributism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/the_common_man
concept/reform
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/critique_of_progress
histref/the_industrial_revolution
character/sherlock_holmes_homage
character/henry_ford
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/slavery
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/satire_of_society
topos/fortune_s_wheel
motif/machine
motif/wheel
motif/money_and_gold
setting/america
setting/rural_england
form/fable
form/parable
form/satire
histref/french_revolution
histref/catholic_church
histref/puritanism
histref/bible
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
On America
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
histref/american_civil_war
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
character/abraham_lincoln
concept/nostalgia
character/john_wilkes_booth
concept/slavery
concept/reconciliation
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/power_and_corruption
topos/golden_age
topos/ubi_sunt
motif/battlefield_2
motif/honour_2
setting/american_south
setting/america
setting/battlefield
setting/american_frontier
archetype/martyr_saint
histref/puritanism
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
The New Jerusalem
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/travel_writing
form/essay
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/the_crusades
histref/eastern_religion
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/exile
concept/paradox
topos/the_quest
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_cross
setting/the_orient
character/christ
character/satan
character/saladin
character/godfrey_de_bouillon
character/richard_the_lionheart
character/st_george
character/judas_iscariot
character/dr_weizmann
concept/slavery
concept/democracy
concept/fanaticism
concept/class_conflict
concept/supernatural_2
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/distributism
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/zionism
topos/world_upside_down
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/snow
motif/lion
motif/crown
motif/journey
motif/dragon
setting/desert
setting/egypt
setting/ancient_rome_2
setting/paris
setting/london
archetype/prophet
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/apologetics
histref/islam
histref/orient_arabia
histref/first_world_war
histref/french_revolution
histref/ancient_rome
Jul 24, 2026
Lepanto
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
histref/battle_of_lepanto
histref/the_crusades
histref/christianity
character/don_john_of_austria
character/don_quixote
topos/the_last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
archetype/hero
motif/the_cross
motif/the_sea
motif/swords_weapons
setting/the_sea
character/ariel
character/michael
character/cervantes
character/mahound
character/the_pope
character/king_philip
character/soldan_of_byzantium
concept/slavery
concept/freedom_and_liberty
topos/quest
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/blood
motif/prison
motif/flags_and_banners
setting/orient
archetype/tyrant
histref/islam
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
A Somewhat Improbable Story
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/alienation
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/justice
concept/the_uncanny
topos/world_upside_down
motif/the_clock
motif/the_road
motif/the_city
motif/the_supernatural
motif/stars
form/short_story
form/allegory
setting/london
setting/the_modern_metropolis
concept/labor_and_work
concept/slavery
concept/social_injustice
motif/chains
motif/horse
archetype/prophet
form/parable
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
A Short History of England
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/the_common_man
concept/distributism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/class_conflict
concept/social_injustice
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/heroism
topos/the_ages_of_the_world
topos/golden_age
topos/fortunes_wheel
motif/crown
motif/swords_weapons
motif/money_gold
form/essay
histref/medieval_england
histref/the_crusades
histref/the_reformation
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
histref/wars_of_the_roses
histref/ancient_rome
setting/medieval_england
character/king_arthur
character/king_alfred_2
character/thomas_becket
character/sir_thomas_more
character/henry_v
character/henry_vi
character/henry_viii
character/richard_ii
character/richard_iii
character/king_john
character/julius_caesar
character/cardinal_wolsey
character/henry_bolingbroke
character/edward_iii
character/william_the_conqueror
character/henry_ii
character/edward_i
character/charles_i
character/oliver_cromwell
character/napoleon
character/joan_of_arc
character/wat_tyler
character/nelson
character/wellington
character/simon_de_montfort
character/bolingbroke_henry_st_john
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/slavery
concept/greed_and_money
concept/labor_and_work
topos/war_as_glory
motif/ruins_the_abbey
setting/rural_england
setting/scotland_the_highlands
setting/germany
setting/london
archetype/king
archetype/tyrant
archetype/usurper
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/common_man_2
histref/french_revolution
histref/renaissance
histref/puritanism
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/first_world_war
histref/islam
histref/grail_legend
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/danish_invasions
histref/battle_of_ethandun
histref/regency_georgian_england
histref/irish_question
histref/thirty_years_war
Jul 24, 2026
God in the Cave
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/paradox
concept/love_divine
concept/humility
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/the_common_man
topos/world_upside_down
motif/the_grave
motif/stars
setting/the_underworld
form/apologetics
form/essay
histref/christianity
histref/greek_mythology
histref/the_bible
character/christ
character/herod
character/magi
character/shepherds
concept/slavery
concept/individualism
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/truth
topos/quest
topos/golden_age
motif/ghosts
motif/supernatural
motif/light_and_dark
setting/orient
setting/ancient_rome_2
setting/ancient_greece_2
archetype/tyrant
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
histref/ancient_greece
histref/ancient_rome
histref/eastern_religion_comparative_religion
Jul 24, 2026
Fancies versus Fads
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/literary_criticism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/anti_industrialism
character/hamlet
character/portia
character/shylock
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/banquo
character/claudius
character/falstaff
character/sam_weller
character/tony_weller
character/samuel_pickwick
character/artful_dodger
character/dorian_gray
character/rosalind
character/viola
character/king_arthur
character/gulliver
character/joan_of_arc
concept/equality_in_death
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/slavery
concept/distributism
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/education
concept/class_conflict
topos/world_upside_down
topos/poet_as_prophet
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/golden_age
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/ghosts
motif/wheel
setting/london
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/america
setting/new_england_america
setting/venice
setting/denmark
setting/ancient_rome_2
archetype/rebel
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/aphorism
histref/puritanism
histref/new_england
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/milton
histref/jonathan_swift
Jul 24, 2026
Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/slavery
histref/american_civil_war
motif/flags_banners
archetype/crone
setting/the_american_south
form/ballad
concept/social_injustice
Jul 24, 2026
Eugenics and Other Evils
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/social_injustice
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_common_man
concept/poverty
concept/class_conflict
concept/distributism
concept/doubt
form/essay
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/slavery
concept/democracy
concept/reform
concept/natural_order
concept/capitalism
motif/home
motif/prison
archetype/tyrant
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/common_man_2
form/satire
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
The Superstition of Divorce
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
motif/marriage
histref/catholic_church
concept/distributism
concept/class_conflict
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/faith
form/essay
character/orlando
character/valentine
character/cain
character/king_lear
character/henry_viii
concept/slavery
concept/individualism
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/honour
concept/freedom_and_liberty
topos/life_as_a_battle
motif/window
motif/flag
motif/chains
motif/home
motif/vow
archetype/tyrant
histref/reformation
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
Do We Agree?
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/distributism
concept/class_conflict
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/reform
concept/the_common_man
concept/anti_industrialism
form/essay
character/bernard_shaw
character/hilaire_belloc
concept/democracy
concept/slavery
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/labor_and_work
concept/individualism
topos/world_upside_down
form/satire
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/industrial_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
American Notes
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
author/dickens
form/travel_writing
form/essay
form/satire
concept/social_injustice
concept/satire_of_society
concept/reform
concept/justice
concept/alienation
concept/truth
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/slavery
topos/the_open_road
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_journey
motif/the_sea
motif/the_city
motif/the_road
setting/a_ship
setting/italy