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histref/irish_question
20 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
The Well and the Shallows
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/apologetics
form/essay
concept/faith
concept/conversion
histref/catholic_church
histref/the_reformation
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/paradox
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
histref/christianity
character/the_virgin_mary
motif/the_well
character/sir_thomas_more
character/henry_viii
character/martin_luther
character/karl_marx
character/paul_claudel
character/charles_darwin
character/engelbert_dollfuss
concept/distributism
concept/solitude
concept/conformity_vs_individualism
concept/eastern_religion_and_asceticism
concept/democracy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/materialism
concept/fascism
concept/communism
motif/fog_and_smoke
setting/london
setting/russia
setting/germany
setting/italy
setting/spain
setting/austria
setting/ireland
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tyrant
histref/puritanism
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
histref/russian_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 Uses of Diversity
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/aphorism
concept/paradox
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/faith
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/joy
character/emma_woodhouse
character/henry_tilney
character/catherine_morland
character/harriet_smith
character/robert_martin
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/theseus
character/hermia
character/helena
character/hippolyta
character/bottom
character/falstaff
character/cardinal_wolsey
character/herod_antipas
character/duncan
character/claudius
character/judge_parry
character/george_meredith
character/george_wyndham
character/bernard_shaw
character/tennyson
character/cyrano_de_bergerac
character/peter_pan
character/sherlock_holmes
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/distributism
concept/common_man
concept/conscience
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/class_conflict
concept/identity
concept/metamorphosis_transformation
concept/grotesque
concept/supernatural_2
topos/golden_age
motif/home
motif/fire
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/animals
motif/clothing_and_costume
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/rural_england
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/egypt
archetype/detective
archetype/fool
archetype/tyrant
form/literary_criticism
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/medieval_england
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Knew Too Much
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/justice
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/disillusionment
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/satire_of_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
archetype/detective
archetype/corrupt_official
character/horne_fisher
character/harold_march
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/conscience
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/last_stand
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/secrets
motif/silence
motif/well
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/swords_and_weapons
setting/rural_england
setting/castle
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
archetype/martyr_saint
histref/irish_question
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
George Bernard Shaw
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/paradox
histref/puritanism
histref/irish_question
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/doubt
form/verse_drama
character/julius_caesar
character/cleopatra
character/hamlet
character/george_bernard_shaw
character/william_shakespeare
character/henrik_ibsen
character/friedrich_nietzsche
character/oscar_wilde
character/jonathan_swift
character/napoleon_bonaparte
character/charles_stewart_parnell
character/candida
character/mrs_warren
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/poverty
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/resurrection
concept/fanaticism
concept/vanity
concept/creative_evolution_and_the_superman
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/world_upside_down
topos/vanitas
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/music_and_song
motif/animals
motif/home
setting/london
setting/ancient_rome
setting/egypt
setting/germany
setting/ireland
archetype/orphan
archetype/prophet
archetype/rebel
form/epigram
form/satire
form/problem_play
histref/first_world_war
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
Old Ireland
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/grief_and_loss
form/allegory
archetype/great_mother
motif/the_grave
concept/exile
concept/grace_and_redemption
histref/irish_question
concept/regeneration
Jul 24, 2026
OCCASIONED BY THE FORMER
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
form/satire
histref/irish_question
concept/satire_of_society
motif/serpent_snake
histref/the_bible
Jul 24, 2026
NINETY-EIGHT
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
form/satire
histref/irish_question
histref/the_bible
concept/satire_of_society
motif/serpent_snake
Jul 24, 2026
The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
archetype/detective
concept/paradox
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/revenge
concept/guilt
motif/death
motif/blood
character/mr_pond
character/captain_gahagan
character/sir_hubert_wotton
character/joan_varney
character/marshal_von_grock
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/self_deception
concept/fanaticism
concept/power_and_corruption
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/double
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/garden
motif/moon
setting/london
setting/scotland_the_highlands
setting/germany
setting/rural_england
archetype/fool
archetype/villain
archetype/corrupt_official
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/melodrama
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
Magic
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/doubt
motif/the_supernatural
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/imagination
concept/madness
motif/light_and_dark
character/hastings
character/the_duke
character/doctor_grimthorpe
character/rev_cyril_smith
character/morris_carleon
character/patricia_carleon
character/the_conjurer
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/satire_of_society
concept/romantic_love
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/spiritualism
motif/music_and_song
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/great_house
setting/garden_2
setting/rural_england
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
form/problem_play
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
Lord Kitchener
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
histref/the_first_world_war
archetype/hero
concept/the_common_man
motif/the_sea
motif/crown
character/kitchener
character/charles_gordon
character/marchand
character/botha
character/the_mahdi
concept/fanaticism
concept/friendship
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/conversion
concept/masculinity_and_the_male_code
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/reconciliation
concept/greatness
concept/silence_2
concept/martyrdom
topos/last_stand
topos/combat_strife
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/night_journey_vision
motif/machine
motif/silence
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/river
motif/ship_2
motif/light_and_dark
motif/blood
setting/egypt
setting/desert
setting/russia
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
setting/ship
setting/south_africa
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/avenger
archetype/prophet
archetype/martyr_saint
form/sketch
form/elegy
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/crusades
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
Irish Impressions
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/travel_writing
form/essay
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
histref/irish_question
histref/the_first_world_war
concept/distributism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/social_injustice
histref/christianity
concept/war_and_its_cost
setting/rural_england
character/w_b_yeats
character/roger_casement
character/thomas_kettle
character/charles_stewart_parnell
character/george_russell_a_e
character/sergeant_sheridan
concept/pride
concept/humility
concept/class_conflict
concept/poverty
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/democracy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/paradox
concept/martyrdom
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/religious_sectarianism
topos/world_upside_down
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/home
motif/grass_leaves_of_grass
motif/garden
motif/road
motif/horse
setting/industrial_city
setting/pastoral_countryside
setting/ireland
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/rebel
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/outsider
archetype/poet_as_prophet_2
histref/catholic_church
histref/reformation
histref/industrial_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Humanitarianism
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
concept/satire_of_society
concept/reform
concept/mercy
concept/the_common_man
concept/alienation
form/essay
concept/fanaticism
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/moderation
concept/sympathy
motif/animals
motif/birds
histref/irish_question
histref/second_boer_war
Jul 24, 2026
Heretics
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/faith
concept/humility
concept/paradox
concept/pride
concept/original_sin
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/critique_of_progress
topos/golden_age
topos/paradise_lost
motif/stars
form/essay
form/apologetics
histref/christianity
histref/classical_antiquity
character/odysseus
character/rudyard_kipling
character/bernard_shaw
character/h_g_wells
character/george_moore
character/lowes_dickinson
character/mccabe
character/whistler
character/omar_khayyam
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/artist_and_society
concept/democracy
concept/family
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/bread_and_wine_eucharist
setting/america
form/literary_criticism
form/satire
histref/irish_question
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
Come to Think of It
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/original_sin
concept/rationcination_detection
character/hamlet
character/macbeth
character/abraham_lincoln
character/elizabeth_bennet
character/mr_wickham
character/emma_woodhouse
character/three_witches
character/napoleon
character/ferdinand_foch
character/charles_dickens
character/king_george_v
concept/truth
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/democracy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/distributism
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/honour
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/vulgarity
topos/ubi_sunt
motif/serpent_snake
motif/money_and_gold
setting/america
setting/american_south
setting/italy
archetype/king
archetype/self_made_man
archetype/detective
archetype/tyrant
form/detective_fiction
form/ode
form/epigram
histref/american_civil_war
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/irish_question
histref/first_world_war
histref/regency_georgian_england
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