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motif/road
20 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
Wild Ducks
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/the_common_man
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/the_artist_and_society
topos/vanitas
topos/beatus_ille
motif/food_feasting
motif/the_journey
motif/birds
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
character/robin_hood
character/richard_iii
character/julius_caesar
character/elizabeth_bennet
character/fanny_price
character/queen_elizabeth
concept/literary_criticism_2
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/democracy
concept/freedom
concept/anti_industrialism
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/window
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/road
setting/new_york
setting/paris
setting/rural_england
archetype/tyrant
archetype/rebel
form/travel_writing
form/literary_criticism
form/biography
histref/first_world_war
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/medieval_england
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/napoleon
histref/william_penn
histref/ruskin
histref/shelley
histref/jane_austen
Jul 24, 2026
Verses
graph/work
setting/europe
author/belloc
form/poem
form/comic_verse_song
form/ballad_ballade
concept/faith
concept/friendship
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/nature
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/road
motif/birds
motif/night
histref/boer_war
histref/catholic_church
setting/rural_england
setting/france
character/king_dives
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/rebel
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/carpe_diem
Jul 24, 2026
This and That and the Other
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/essay
form/history
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/faith
concept/tradition
concept/truth
concept/wit
motif/road
motif/sea
motif/river
motif/storm
motif/book_reading
histref/battle_of_ethandun
histref/king_alfred
histref/medieval_england
setting/rural_england
setting/france
setting/spain
character/hilaire_belloc
character/william_shakespeare
archetype/fanatic
Jul 24, 2026
The Road
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/essay
form/history
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/tradition
concept/labor_and_work
concept/order_vs_chaos
motif/road
motif/journey
motif/river
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
histref/industrial_revolution
setting/rural_england
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
The Path to Rome
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/travel_writing
form/essay
concept/faith
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/tradition
concept/common_man
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
motif/journey
motif/road
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/inn_tavern
motif/prayer
motif/dawn
histref/catholic_church
histref/christianity
setting/france
setting/italy
setting/mountains
character/hilaire_belloc
archetype/pilgrim
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/quest
Jul 24, 2026
The Old Road: from Canterbury to Winchester
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/travel_writing
form/history
form/essay
concept/tradition
concept/nostalgia
concept/nature
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/memory_and_time
motif/road
motif/journey
motif/fire
motif/hill
histref/medieval_england
histref/arthurian_legend
setting/rural_england
setting/medieval_england_2
character/king_arthur
archetype/pilgrim
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/book_of_nature
Jul 24, 2026
The Journey
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/allegory
form/verse_drama
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/doubt
concept/reason_and_rationalism
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/suffering_and_pain
concept/hope
motif/journey
motif/road
motif/well
histref/christianity
setting/mountains
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
archetype/mentor
topos/journey_of_life
topos/open_road_homecoming
Jul 24, 2026
The Four Men
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/travel_writing
form/essay
form/poem
concept/nature
concept/nostalgia
concept/friendship
concept/comradeship
concept/mortality
concept/transience
motif/road
motif/journey
motif/inn_tavern
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/home
setting/rural_england
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/common_man_2
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/ubi_sunt
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
Sussex
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/travel_writing
form/history
form/essay
concept/nature
concept/tradition
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/natural_order
motif/sea
motif/hill
motif/road
motif/river
motif/ruins_the_abbey
histref/medieval_england
histref/king_alfred
histref/william_the_conqueror
histref/danish_invasions
setting/rural_england
setting/sea_2
topos/beatus_ille_happy_the_man_rural_retreat
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnets and Verse
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
author/belloc
form/sonnet
form/poem_sequence
form/ballad_ballade
form/comic_verse_song
form/lyric
concept/faith
concept/nostalgia
concept/mortality
concept/comradeship
concept/nature
concept/transience
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/road
motif/hill
motif/bells
motif/sea
motif/prayer
histref/catholic_church
histref/boer_war
setting/rural_england
setting/france
character/virgin_mary
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/poet_as_prophet_2
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/carpe_diem
topos/memento_mori
Jul 24, 2026
On Something
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/essay
form/satire
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/common_man
concept/faith
concept/immortality_of_the_soul
concept/nature
concept/satire_of_society
concept/tradition
motif/home
motif/road
motif/river
histref/darwinism
setting/england
setting/rural_england
topos/open_road_homecoming
Jul 24, 2026
On Nothing and Kindred Subjects
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/essay
form/sketch
concept/paradox
concept/wit
concept/nonsense
concept/mortality
concept/nostalgia
concept/solitude
motif/inn_tavern
motif/road
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/wine_and_drink
setting/england
setting/inn
setting/oxford
archetype/the_writer
topos/memento_mori
Jul 24, 2026
On Anything
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/essay
form/sketch
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/nostalgia
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/imagination
concept/memory_and_time
concept/common_man
motif/road
motif/journey
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/fog_and_smoke
histref/french_revolution
setting/france
setting/spain
setting/rural_england
character/robespierre
archetype/prophet
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/beatus_ille_happy_the_man_rural_retreat
Jul 24, 2026
On Everything
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/essay
concept/common_man
concept/nostalgia
concept/tradition
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/transience
concept/faith
motif/road
motif/river
motif/music_and_song
motif/home
motif/hill
setting/rural_england
setting/london
topos/beatus_ille_happy_the_man_rural_retreat
topos/open_road_homecoming
Jul 24, 2026
On
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/deception
concept/wit
concept/longing
motif/road
motif/sea
motif/book_reading
motif/wine_and_drink
histref/virgil
setting/paris
setting/continental_europe_brussels
setting/sea_2
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
Introduction to 'The Footpath Way: An Anthology for Walkers'
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/essay
form/travel_writing
concept/nature
concept/wonder
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/faith
concept/the_spirit_of_romance
motif/road
motif/journey
motif/inn_tavern
motif/nature
motif/home
setting/rural_england
setting/inn
character/hilaire_belloc
archetype/pilgrim
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/beatus_ille_happy_the_man_rural_retreat
Jul 24, 2026
Hills and the Sea
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/travel_writing
form/essay
form/sketch
concept/nature
concept/friendship
concept/comradeship
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/faith
concept/wonder
motif/sea
motif/journey
motif/road
motif/wind
motif/storm
motif/ship
setting/sea_2
setting/mountains
setting/rural_england
setting/france
character/hilaire_belloc
archetype/pilgrim
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/sublime_in_nature