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22 items with this tag.
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
The Appetite of Tyranny
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/order_vs_chaos
archetype/tyrant
histref/the_first_world_war
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/honour
concept/liberty_political_freedom
concept/democracy
concept/deception
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/racial_supremacy_and_pseudo_science
topos/war_as_glory
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/flags_and_banners
setting/germany
setting/russia
setting/italy
setting/continental_europe_brussels
archetype/villain
archetype/fool
histref/king_alfred
histref/danish_invasions
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/roman_history
histref/renaissance
histref/christianity
histref/ancient_greece
histref/bible
histref/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
histref/frederick_the_great
histref/friedrich_nietzsche
histref/houston_stewart_chamberlain
histref/michelangelo
Jul 24, 2026
The White Company
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/adventure_fiction
concept/honour
concept/masculinity_and_the_male_code
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/maturation_and_growth
motif/journey
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/inn_tavern
histref/medieval_england
setting/france
setting/spain
setting/rural_england
setting/castle
archetype/hero
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/mentor
topos/quest
topos/open_road_homecoming
Jul 24, 2026
The Tragedy of the Korosko
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
form/novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/fear
concept/courage
concept/fanaticism
motif/desert
motif/journey
motif/swords_and_weapons
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/british_empire
setting/egypt
setting/desert
setting/orient
character/miss_sadie_adams
character/colonel_cochrane_cochrane
character/james_stephens
character/cecil_brown
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
archetype/quest_hero
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
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 Refugees
graph/work
concept/alienation
setting/europe
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/adventure_fiction
concept/religious_persecution
concept/exile
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/honour
motif/journey
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/letters_and_writing
setting/france
setting/court
setting/american_frontier
setting/canada
character/amory_de_catinat
character/adele_catinat
character/amos_green
character/louis_xiv
archetype/king
archetype/hero
archetype/outsider
topos/open_road_homecoming
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
The Girondin
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/historical_novel
form/novel
concept/popular_revolution
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/class_conflict
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/fanaticism
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/river
motif/swords_and_weapons
histref/french_revolution
setting/france
setting/paris
archetype/rebel
topos/combat_strife
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 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 Book of the Bayeux Tapestry
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/history
form/essay
concept/tradition
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/faith
concept/memory_and_time
motif/battlefield_2
motif/ship
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/crown
motif/flag
histref/medieval_england
histref/crusades
histref/william_the_conqueror
histref/catholic_church
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/france
character/william_the_conqueror
character/harold
Jul 24, 2026
The Adventures of Gerard
graph/work
setting/europe
author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
form/short_story
concept/vanity
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/satire_of_society
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/journey
motif/prison
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/napoleon
setting/france
setting/continental_europe_brussels
setting/battlefield
character/brigadier_gerard
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
archetype/fool
topos/war_as_glory
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
Six British Battles
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/history
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/courage
motif/battlefield_2
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/flags_and_banners
histref/hundred_years_war
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/french_revolution
histref/british_empire
setting/battlefield
setting/france
setting/military_camp
character/napoleon
character/duke_of_wellington
character/edward_the_black_prince
character/louis_xiv
archetype/hero
archetype/tragic_hero
topos/last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
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
Robert Louis Stevenson
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/joy
concept/imagination
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/heroism
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/disillusionment
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/the_double
motif/childhood
motif/nightingale
motif/the_journey
histref/christianity
histref/puritanism
setting/scotland
archetype/double_doppelganger
character/long_john_silver
character/jim_hawkins
character/alan_breck_stewart
character/david_balfour
character/jekyll_and_hyde
character/james_durie_master_of_ballantrae
character/henry_durie
character/ephraim_mackellar
character/weir_of_hermiston
character/attwater
character/huish
character/loudon_dodd
character/prince_florizel_of_bohemia
character/skelt
concept/courage
concept/conscience
concept/creativity_and_artistic_labor
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/nostalgia
concept/vanity
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/mortality
concept/identity
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
topos/quest
topos/golden_age
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/light_and_dark
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/disease_and_contagion
motif/toy_theatre
setting/paris
setting/america
setting/london
setting/edinburgh
setting/south_seas_pacific_islands
archetype/child
archetype/shadow
archetype/artist
archetype/quest_hero
form/essay
form/gothic_novel
form/historical_novel
form/detective_fiction
histref/aestheticism_and_the_decadent_movement
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
Micah Clarke
graph/work
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
form/bildungsroman
form/fictional_autobiography
concept/religious_sectarianism
concept/fanaticism
concept/tolerance
concept/maturation_and_growth
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/empire_and_imperialism
motif/journey
motif/prayer
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/house_mansion
histref/english_civil_war
histref/puritanism
histref/oliver_cromwell
histref/reformation
setting/rural_england
setting/battlefield
character/oliver_cromwell
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/mentor
archetype/fanatic
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
Fancies versus Fads
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/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/anti_industrialism
character/hamlet
character/portia
character/shylock
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/banquo
character/claudius
character/falstaff
character/sam_weller
character/tony_weller
character/samuel_pickwick
character/artful_dodger
character/dorian_gray
character/rosalind
character/viola
character/king_arthur
character/gulliver
character/joan_of_arc
concept/equality_in_death
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/slavery
concept/distributism
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/education
concept/class_conflict
topos/world_upside_down
topos/poet_as_prophet
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/golden_age
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/ghosts
motif/wheel
setting/london
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/america
setting/new_england_america
setting/venice
setting/denmark
setting/ancient_rome_2
archetype/rebel
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/aphorism
histref/puritanism
histref/new_england
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/milton
histref/jonathan_swift
Jul 24, 2026
The Deluge
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/faith
histref/the_bible
motif/storm
motif/water
motif/wine_and_drink
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/humility
form/lyric
form/ballad
concept/courage
concept/apocalypse
concept/sublime
concept/providence
concept/wonder_and_terror
topos/last_stand
topos/sublime_in_nature
motif/swords_and_weapons
archetype/common_man_2
Jul 24, 2026
Christianity and Rationalism
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/apologetics
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/faith
concept/doubt
concept/truth
concept/critique_of_progress
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
character/christ
character/robert_blatchford
character/moses
concept/paradox
concept/self_denial_and_renunciation
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/supernatural_2
concept/joy
concept/rationalism
concept/revelation
topos/contemptus_mundi
motif/swords_and_weapons
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/prophet
histref/french_revolution
histref/bible
histref/eastern_religion_comparative_religion
Jul 24, 2026
A General Sketch of the European War: The First Phase
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/history
form/essay
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/fanaticism
motif/battlefield_2
motif/flag
motif/swords_and_weapons
histref/first_world_war
histref/battle_of_the_marne
histref/frederick_the_great
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
setting/france
setting/germany
setting/battlefield
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
character/frederick_the_great
character/napoleon
character/bismarck
archetype/tyrant
topos/life_as_a_battle
topos/war_as_glory