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28 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
William Cobbett
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/essay
form/apologetics
concept/distributism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_common_man
concept/reform
concept/social_injustice
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/class_conflict
concept/poverty
concept/honour
archetype/self_made_man
archetype/prophet
archetype/rebel
topos/world_upside_down
motif/the_journey
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/the_french_revolution
setting/rural_england
character/william_cobbett
character/thomas_paine
character/william_pitt
character/robert_peel
character/daniel_o_connell
concept/truth
concept/paradox
concept/martyrdom
concept/education
concept/loneliness
concept/greatness
concept/democracy
concept/money_and_avarice
topos/golden_age
motif/storm
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/bees
motif/road
motif/horse
motif/cross
motif/great_house
setting/america
setting/london
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/outsider
form/literary_criticism
histref/reformation
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/regency_georgian_england
Jul 24, 2026
VENUS AND ADONIS
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/narrative_poem
topos/love_as_war
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
topos/carpe_diem
concept/lust
concept/unrequited_love
concept/beauty
concept/mortality
concept/transience
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/desire
motif/flowers
motif/horse
motif/animals
archetype/temptress
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
character/venus
character/adonis
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 TWO NOBLE KINSMEN
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragicomedy
form/romance_play
form/blank_verse
concept/friendship
concept/love_romantic
concept/honour
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/paradox
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/love_as_war
archetype/lover
archetype/innocent
motif/madness
motif/swords_weapons
motif/horse
motif/flowers
histref/greek_mythology
histref/ancient_greece
setting/ancient_greece
character/palamon
character/arcite
character/emilia
character/theseus
character/hippolyta
character/the_jailers_daughter
Jul 24, 2026
The Polish Ideal
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/faith
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
topos/the_last_stand
archetype/hero
motif/horse
character/don_quixote
histref/catholic_church
character/sergius
character/bluntzschli
concept/providence
concept/paradox
topos/war_as_glory
setting/poland
archetype/cavalier
form/travel_writing
histref/puritanism
histref/polish_soviet_war
Jul 24, 2026
The Great Boer War
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/essay
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/freedom_and_liberty
motif/blood
motif/horse
histref/boer_war_second_south_african_war
histref/british_empire
histref/second_boer_war
setting/south_africa
setting/battlefield
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
graph/work
setting/europe
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/satire
form/adventure_fiction
concept/honour
concept/heroism
concept/vanity
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/revenge
motif/horse
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/fire
histref/napoleon
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
setting/poland
setting/battlefield
character/brigadier_gerard
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
The Ballad of the White Horse
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/faith
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/honour
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/the_last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
topos/the_quest
motif/horse
motif/swords_weapons
motif/the_supernatural
motif/blood
motif/the_battlefield_image
form/epic
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
histref/king_alfred
histref/battle_of_ethandun
histref/danish_invasions
histref/christianity
histref/norse_myth
histref/medieval_england
setting/the_battlefield
archetype/king
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
character/king_alfred
character/the_virgin_mary
character/guthrum
character/colan
character/eldred
character/mark_of_italy
character/elf
character/ogier
character/harold
character/gorlias
concept/hope
concept/conversion
motif/fire
motif/sea
motif/music_and_song
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
setting/rural_england
archetype/great_mother
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
Songs of Action
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/ballad_ballade
form/narrative_poem
form/comic_verse_song
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/courage
concept/endurance
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/horse
motif/music_and_song
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/british_empire
setting/battlefield
setting/continental_europe_brussels
archetype/hero
archetype/avenger
topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
Songs of the Road
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/ballad_ballade
form/lyric
form/hymn
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/hope
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
motif/journey
motif/horse
motif/flags_and_banners
histref/british_empire
setting/london
setting/africa
archetype/hero
topos/open_road_homecoming
Jul 24, 2026
Sir Nigel
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/medieval_romance
concept/honour
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/class_conflict
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/horse
motif/journey
motif/great_house
motif/swords_and_weapons
histref/medieval_england
histref/hundred_years_war
histref/catholic_church
setting/rural_england
setting/continental_europe_brussels
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/hero
archetype/mentor
topos/quest
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
The Old Song
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
motif/the_city
motif/money_gold
motif/horse
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/the_common_man
histref/the_bible
setting/london
character/robin_hood
character/cobbett
concept/apocalypse
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/freedom_and_liberty
topos/poet_as_prophet
topos/world_upside_down
motif/storm
motif/lightning
motif/machine
setting/rural_england
archetype/avenger
archetype/poet_as_prophet_2
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/luddite_movement
Jul 24, 2026
(Originally appeared in 'The Daily News', Oct. 16, 1909,
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/imagination
concept/the_grotesque
concept/faith
motif/the_supernatural
motif/dreams
motif/night
motif/the_cross
form/essay
concept/madness
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
topos/night_journey_vision
topos/world_upside_down
motif/horse
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/wind
motif/moon
motif/gold_and_grey
setting/egypt
setting/garden_2
setting/desert
archetype/child
histref/dante
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/greek_mythology
histref/robert_louis_stevenson
Jul 24, 2026
Melancholy · Suffering · Pain and Suffering
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/melancholy
concept/suffering
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/death
concept/mortality
concept/self_and_soul
concept/paradox
concept/pain
concept/alienation
concept/friendship
form/letter
form/epigram
concept/terror_and_horror
motif/eyes_sight
motif/memory
concept/despair
motif/the_sea
concept/memory_and_time
motif/disease_contagion
concept/immortality
motif/horse
motif/sun
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
motif/swords_weapons
concept/spiritual_emptiness
Jul 24, 2026
Metzengerstein
graph/work
author/poe
topos/eternal_return
topos/the_double
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/the_uncanny
concept/pride
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/horse
motif/fire
motif/death
motif/the_supernatural
motif/eyes_sight
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/avenger
form/gothic_novel
form/short_story
setting/the_castle
Jul 24, 2026
King Stephen
graph/work
author/keats
form/verse_drama
form/history_play
form/fragment
form/blank_verse
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/the_last_stand
archetype/king
archetype/usurper
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/swords_weapons
motif/horse
motif/crown
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/pride
concept/ambition
concept/fate_and_free_will
histref/medieval_england
setting/the_battlefield
setting/medieval_england
Jul 24, 2026
Journey of the Magi
graph/work
author/eliot
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
concept/conversion
concept/faith
concept/paradox
motif/the_journey
motif/winter
motif/death
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/horse
motif/the_cross
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/the_bible
character/christ
setting/the_orient
archetype/pilgrim
Jul 24, 2026
IX Son of Man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/faith
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/joy
concept/pride
motif/eyes_sight
motif/horse
form/free_verse
histref/the_bible
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
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
Coriolan
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/satire_of_society
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/dust
motif/swords_weapons
motif/crown
motif/horse
archetype/tyrant
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
histref/ancient_rome
setting/ancient_rome
Jul 24, 2026
Cavalry Crossing a Ford
graph/work
author/whitman
setting/the_battlefield
motif/horse
motif/river
motif/flags_banners
motif/swords_weapons
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
BalladStBarbara
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/lyric
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith
concept/nostalgia
concept/distributism
concept/social_injustice
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
topos/ubi_sunt
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/the_last_stand
motif/ruins
motif/the_grave
motif/swords_weapons
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/the_crusades
histref/christianity
character/christ
character/herod_antipas
character/lazarus_the_risen_man
character/king_arthur
character/barbara
concept/conversion
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/greed_and_money
topos/memento_mori
topos/world_upside_down
topos/quest
motif/window
motif/bells
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/money_and_gold
motif/horse
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/fire
motif/dragon
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/desert
setting/medieval_england_2
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tyrant
form/sonnet
form/elegy
form/satire
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/french_revolution
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/british_empire
Jul 24, 2026
An Army Corps on the March
graph/work
author/whitman
setting/the_battlefield
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/dust
motif/horse
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
ALICE DU CLOS OR THE FORKED TONGUE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
concept/deception
concept/jealousy
concept/innocence_and_experience
motif/blood
motif/dawn
motif/swords_weapons
motif/horse
histref/greek_mythology
archetype/innocent
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
A Galloway Song
graph/work
author/keats
form/song
form/ballad
motif/marriage
concept/grief_and_loss
setting/scotland
motif/horse
concept/alienation
Jul 24, 2026
A Child's History of England
graph/work
concept/economics
author/dickens
concept/satire_of_society
form/satire
form/parody
form/short_story
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/nostalgia
concept/pride
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/the_grotesque
concept/the_common_man
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/fool
archetype/corrupt_official
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_road
motif/horse
motif/the_inn_tavern
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/victorian_england
setting/industrial_city