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30 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
ZAPOLYA A CHRISTMAS TALE IN TWO PARTS
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
form/romance_play
form/tragicomedy
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/providence
concept/exile
concept/the_natural_order
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/usurper
archetype/tyrant
archetype/king
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/crown
motif/serpent_snake
motif/swords_weapons
motif/masks_disguise
setting/the_court
Jul 24, 2026
X You have seen the house built, you have seen it adorned
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/faith
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
motif/light_and_dark
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_window
form/hymn
form/free_verse
histref/christianity
Jul 24, 2026
With Husky-Haughty Lips, O Sea!
graph/work
author/whitman
motif/the_sea
setting/the_sea
concept/the_sublime
concept/self_and_cosmos
motif/storm
motif/serpent_snake
concept/melancholy
form/ode
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
V O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/humility
concept/conscience
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith
motif/serpent_snake
motif/silence
form/free_verse
histref/the_bible
Jul 24, 2026
The Trees of Pride
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/doubt
concept/pride
concept/the_common_man
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_sea
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
setting/rural_england
character/woodcutter
character/young_fisherman
character/squire_vane
character/barbara_vane
character/cyprian_paynter
character/john_treherne
character/andrew_ashe
character/dr_burton_brown
character/miles
concept/deception
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/guilt
concept/class_conflict
topos/sleeper_awakes
topos/world_upside_down
motif/enchanted_wood
motif/well
motif/serpent_snake
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/disease_and_contagion
motif/birds
motif/poison
setting/sea_2
setting/underworld_cave
archetype/trickster
archetype/outsider
histref/elizabethan_england
Jul 24, 2026
To St. Michael in Time of Peace
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/hymn
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
concept/faith
motif/swords_weapons
motif/serpent_snake
motif/money_gold
histref/the_bible
histref/christianity
character/satan
character/michael
character/christ
concept/power_of_language
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/greed_and_money
topos/combat_strife
motif/silence
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/satanic_figure
Jul 24, 2026
The Wise Men
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/lyric
form/hymn
concept/humility
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/faith
concept/truth
concept/grace_and_redemption
motif/light_and_dark
motif/stars
histref/the_bible
histref/christianity
character/christ
character/magi
concept/pride
concept/paradox
topos/quest
motif/snow
motif/serpent_snake
motif/lion
motif/prayer
motif/bread_and_wine_eucharist
motif/home
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
archetype/child
histref/greek_mythology
Jul 24, 2026
The Speckled Band
graph/work
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/greed_and_money
concept/fear
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/serpent_snake
motif/great_house
motif/night
setting/rural_england
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
character/dr_rylott
character/enid_stonor
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
archetype/damsel
Jul 24, 2026
The Sphinx
graph/work
concept/history
author/wilde
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/memento_mori
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/ubi_sunt
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/temptress
archetype/monster
motif/desire
motif/night
motif/moon
motif/the_cross
motif/ruins
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_supernatural
motif/animals
concept/lust
concept/temptation
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/transience
concept/the_grotesque
form/narrative_poem
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/the_bible
setting/egypt
setting/the_orient
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
The Star-Child
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/the_quest
topos/paradise_lost
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/child
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/great_mother
archetype/pilgrim
motif/winter
motif/stars
motif/the_mirror
motif/animals
motif/money_gold
motif/crown
motif/serpent_snake
motif/clothing
concept/pride
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/humility
concept/mercy
concept/conversion
concept/beauty
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/social_injustice
form/fairy_tale
form/allegory
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
setting/an_enchanted_wood
setting/the_court
character/christ
character/the_star_child
character/the_woodcutter
Jul 24, 2026
THE PICTURE OR THE LOVER’S RESOLUTION
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/love_romantic
concept/unrequited_love
concept/imagination
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
topos/pastoral_retreat
motif/the_mirror
motif/water
motif/nature
motif/serpent_snake
archetype/outcast_wanderer
form/blank_verse
Jul 24, 2026
THE NIGHT-SCENE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/blank_verse
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
concept/love_romantic
concept/the_sublime
motif/garden
motif/night
motif/stars
archetype/lover
motif/serpent_snake
Jul 24, 2026
The Modern Manichee
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/lyric
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/original_sin
concept/guilt
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/melancholy
motif/garden
motif/serpent_snake
motif/blood
motif/nature
histref/the_bible
concept/pride
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/grotesque
concept/lust_sexual_desire
concept/self_deception
concept/spiritual_emptiness
topos/paradise_lost
topos/fall_from_innocence
motif/poison
motif/water
motif/bees
motif/flowers
form/apologetics
Jul 24, 2026
THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE
graph/work
setting/europe
author/coleridge
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/ambition
concept/revenge
concept/deception
concept/war_and_its_cost
archetype/tyrant
topos/fortunes_wheel
motif/serpent_snake
motif/blood
histref/the_french_revolution
setting/paris
form/verse_drama
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
Jul 24, 2026
The Commonplace
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/the_common_man
concept/democracy
concept/good_vs_evil
motif/serpent_snake
motif/nature
concept/education
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
THE BLOSSOMING OF THE SOLITARY DATE-TREE
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/unrequited_love
concept/alienation
concept/melancholy
concept/sin_and_the_fall
topos/paradise_lost
motif/serpent_snake
concept/imagination
archetype/great_mother
character/satan
histref/the_bible
form/elegy
Jul 24, 2026
Rise O Days from Your Fathomless Deeps
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/democracy
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/storm
motif/the_sea
motif/nature
motif/serpent_snake
form/ode
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 Man Who Was Orthodox
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/apologetics
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/joy
concept/grace_and_redemption
motif/the_supernatural
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
character/christ
character/satan
character/beatrice
character/sam_weller
character/job
character/robinson_crusoe
concept/original_sin
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/grotesque
concept/distributism
concept/resurrection
concept/wonder
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/poverty
concept/vulgarity
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/world_upside_down
motif/serpent_snake
motif/dragon
setting/london
archetype/trickster
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/aphorism
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/reformation
histref/islam
histref/dante
histref/catholic_church
histref/eastern_religion_comparative_religion
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/arthur_balfour
histref/pope_pius_x
histref/alfred_harmsworth_lord_northcliffe
histref/walt_whitman
Jul 24, 2026
Lamia
graph/work
author/keats
form/narrative_poem
form/heroic_couplet
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/temptress
motif/serpent_snake
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/beauty
concept/imagination
concept/critique_of_progress
motif/the_supernatural
histref/greek_mythology
topos/love_as_religion
setting/ancient_greece
character/lamia
character/lycius
character/apollonius
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
Europe (The 72d and 73d Years of These States)
graph/work
author/whitman
form/free_verse
concept/martyrdom
concept/democracy
archetype/tyrant
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_grave
Jul 24, 2026
Eleonora
graph/work
author/poe
concept/love_romantic
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/madness
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/locus_amoenus
topos/paradise_lost
topos/fall_from_innocence
archetype/lover
archetype/innocent
archetype/ghost
motif/garden
motif/flowers
motif/river
motif/death
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_supernatural
form/short_story
setting/a_garden
Jul 24, 2026
Circe’s Palace
graph/work
author/eliot
form/lyric
archetype/witch
archetype/temptress
motif/garden
motif/flowers
motif/animals
motif/serpent_snake
concept/temptation
concept/the_grotesque
histref/greek_mythology
character/odysseus
setting/a_garden
Jul 24, 2026
The Aristocrat
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/lyric
concept/temptation
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/pride
concept/disillusionment
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/paradise_lost
archetype/satanic_figure
motif/masks_disguise
motif/money_gold
character/satan
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/sin_and_the_fall
topos/contemptus_mundi
motif/great_house
motif/serpent_snake
motif/birds
archetype/trickster
form/satire
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
graph/work
author/shakespeare
concept/love_romantic
concept/lust
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/ambition
concept/honour
concept/mortality
topos/love_as_war
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/lover
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/temptress
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/death
motif/desire
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_sea
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
setting/ancient_rome
setting/egypt
character/mark_antony
character/cleopatra
character/octavius_caesar
character/enobarbus
character/lepidus
character/octavia
character/charmian
Jul 24, 2026
An Ideal Husband
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/the_double
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/temptress
archetype/villain
archetype/trickster
motif/letters_writing
motif/money_gold
motif/masks_disguise
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_city
motif/marriage
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/guilt
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/ambition
concept/grace_and_redemption
form/comedy
form/satire
form/epigram
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/the_court
character/sir_robert_chiltern
character/lady_chiltern
character/lord_goring
character/mrs_cheveley
character/lord_caversham
character/mabel_chiltern
Jul 24, 2026
A Song of Opposites
graph/work
author/keats
concept/paradox
concept/melancholy
concept/joy
motif/death
motif/rose
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_grave
histref/greek_mythology
form/song
Jul 24, 2026
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN POET AND FRIEND
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/deception
form/satire
histref/catholic_church
histref/the_reformation
motif/serpent_snake
topos/love_as_war
motif/swords_weapons
concept/martyrdom