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25 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Verses and Sonnets
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
author/belloc
form/sonnet
form/lyric
form/epigram
form/poem
concept/beauty
concept/romantic_love
concept/faith
concept/melancholy
concept/mortality
concept/honour
motif/night
motif/moon
motif/seasons
motif/dawn
motif/sea
motif/stars
setting/rural_england
setting/france
topos/tempus_fugit
Jul 24, 2026
Uncle Bernac
graph/work
concept/alienation
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
concept/exile
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/empire_and_imperialism
motif/journey
motif/sea
motif/storm
motif/letters_and_writing
histref/napoleon
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/french_revolution
setting/france
setting/ship
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
Twelve Types
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/biography
form/essay
concept/identity
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/heroism
concept/faith
concept/paradox
character/jane_eyre
character/mr_rochester
character/christ
character/charlotte_bronte
character/william_morris
character/lord_byron
character/alexander_pope
character/st_francis_of_assisi
character/edmond_rostand
character/charles_ii
character/robert_louis_stevenson
character/thomas_carlyle
character/leo_tolstoy
character/girolamo_savonarola
character/sir_walter_scott
character/cyrano_de_bergerac
character/prince_florizel_of_bohemia
character/rob_roy
character/meg_merrilees
concept/democracy
concept/doubt
concept/greatness
concept/power_of_language
concept/asceticism
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
concept/cult_of_simplicity
concept/the_spirit_of_romance
topos/contemptus_mundi
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/fire
motif/light_and_dark
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/sea
setting/italy
setting/london
setting/scotland_the_highlands
setting/russia
archetype/hero
archetype/prophet
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/fool
form/satire
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
histref/puritanism
histref/renaissance
histref/christianity
histref/bible
histref/catholic_church
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/medieval_england
Jul 24, 2026
To Frances
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
concept/love_romantic
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/mortality
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
motif/letters_writing
motif/marriage
character/death_personified
character/frances_blogg
character/edmund_clerihew_bentley
character/lucian_oldershaw
character/mrs_blogg
concept/death_and_love
concept/metamorphosis_transformation
concept/imagination
concept/friendship
topos/love_as_religion
topos/journey_of_life
topos/memento_mori
motif/home
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/book_reading
motif/fire
motif/sea
setting/sea_2
setting/london
archetype/death_personified_2
archetype/lover
archetype/fool
form/biography
histref/bible
histref/christianity
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 Wanderings of a Spiritualist
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/travel_writing
form/essay
concept/spiritualism
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/immortality_of_the_soul
motif/sea
motif/ship
motif/journey
histref/british_empire
histref/first_world_war
histref/bolshevism_and_the_russian_revolution
setting/africa
setting/egypt
setting/orient
setting/south_africa
archetype/pilgrim
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
graph/work
concept/desire
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/belloc
form/translation
form/medieval_romance
concept/romantic_love
concept/death_and_love
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/honour
concept/courage
motif/sea
motif/ship
motif/love
motif/poison
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/enchanted_wood
histref/arthurian_legend
setting/ireland
setting/sea_2
setting/castle
archetype/lover
archetype/tragic_hero
topos/love_death_liebestod
topos/unattainable_beloved
Jul 24, 2026
The Mystery
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/chesterton
form/lyric
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/the_sublime
concept/paradox
topos/paradise_lost
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/inexpressibility
motif/sun
motif/garden
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/wonder
topos/world_upside_down
topos/sublime_in_nature
motif/sea
setting/garden_2
form/ode
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
The Maracot Deep
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/conan_doyle
form/science_fiction
form/adventure_fiction
form/novel
concept/wonder
concept/reason_and_rationalism
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/courage
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/nature_vs_civilization
motif/sea
motif/water
motif/light_and_dark
motif/journey
motif/ruins_the_abbey
setting/ship
character/professor_maracot
character/cyrus_headley
character/bill_scanlan
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/mentor
archetype/hero
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/golden_age
Jul 24, 2026
The Last Galley
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/historical_novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
motif/ship
motif/sea
motif/fire
motif/blood
motif/time
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
histref/carthage
histref/christianity
setting/ancient_rome
setting/africa
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/avenger
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
Jul 24, 2026
The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/historical_novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/freedom_and_liberty
motif/ship
motif/sea
motif/fire
motif/blood
motif/time
histref/roman_history
histref/ancient_rome
histref/british_empire
setting/ancient_rome
archetype/hero
archetype/tyrant
archetype/outsider
archetype/martyr_saint
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
Jul 24, 2026
The Green Flag and Other Stories
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/adventure_fiction
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/honour
concept/courage
concept/greed_and_money
motif/flag
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/sea
motif/blood
motif/ship
histref/british_empire
setting/africa
setting/ship
setting/ireland
character/captain_sharkey
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
archetype/rebel
topos/combat_strife
Jul 24, 2026
The Great Shadow
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/adventure_fiction
form/bildungsroman
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/romantic_love
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/courage
concept/fate_and_free_will
motif/sea
motif/ship
motif/fire
motif/storm
motif/journey
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/french_revolution
setting/scotland_the_highlands
setting/battlefield
setting/ship
character/napoleon_bonaparte
character/wellington
character/sir_walter_scott
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/hero
archetype/lover
Jul 24, 2026
The Cruise of the Nona
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/travel_writing
form/essay
concept/faith
concept/courage
concept/fear
concept/memory_and_time
concept/nostalgia
concept/self_sufficiency
motif/sea
motif/ship
motif/storm
motif/wind
histref/first_world_war
histref/catholic_church
histref/danish_invasions
setting/sea_2
setting/ship
archetype/the_writer
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
form/short_story
concept/revenge
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/deception
concept/greed_and_money
concept/fate_and_free_will
motif/sea
motif/ship
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/money_and_gold
setting/island
setting/ship
character/captain_sharkey
archetype/villain
archetype/trickster
archetype/avenger
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
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
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
The Song of the Oak
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/allegory
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/distributism
motif/nature
motif/blood
concept/critique_of_progress
character/lord_ivywood
character/king_charles_ii
character/collingwood
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/natural_order
concept/regeneration
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/seed_and_germination
motif/decay
motif/sea
motif/ship_2
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
setting/rural_england
archetype/villain
archetype/king
form/comic_verse_song
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/english_civil_war
histref/druidic_paganism
Jul 24, 2026
Variations of an Air
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/chesterton
form/parody
form/song
form/lyric
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/music_and_song
concept/joy
concept/imagination
character/old_king_cole
concept/mortality
concept/literary_criticism_2
topos/golden_age
topos/immortality_through_verse
motif/crown
motif/sea
archetype/king
form/poem_sequence
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
Jul 24, 2026
First and Last
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/essay
form/sketch
concept/memory_and_time
concept/nostalgia
concept/transience
concept/mortality
concept/tradition
concept/nature
motif/sea
motif/wind
motif/journey
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/death
setting/rural_england
setting/sea_2
setting/france
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/ubi_sunt
topos/tempus_fugit
Jul 24, 2026
Danger! and Other Stories
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/conan_doyle
form/science_fiction
form/short_story
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/terror_and_horror
motif/ship
motif/sea
histref/first_world_war
setting/london
setting/ship
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
ON the DISASTROUS SPREAD of AESTHETICISM in ALL CLASSES
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/chesterton
form/narrative_poem
form/satire
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/satire_of_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/nature_vs_civilization
topos/world_upside_down
topos/fall_from_innocence
motif/dreams
motif/nature
motif/childhood
motif/flowers
archetype/child
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/vanity
concept/indolence
topos/locus_amoenus
motif/moon
motif/sun
motif/sea
motif/stars
setting/garden_2
archetype/artist
archetype/fool
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/comic_verse_song
histref/romantic_movement_sensibility