by Belloc · Cluster: History · Catholicism · Europe
Abstract
A miscellany of Belloc’s essays, sketches, histories and jests — from an ironic open letter to a young diplomatist and satires of pedants, spies and journalism, to reconstructions of Ethandune and the death of Robert the Strong, and lyrical evocations of England, France and Spain. The unifying air is Belloc’s blend of wit, historical imagination and love of Christendom.
Capitoli / Chapters
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG DIPLOMATIST
- ON PEDANTS
- ON ATHEISM
- ON FAME
- ON REST
- ON DISCOVERY
- ON INNS
- ON ROWS
- ON OMENS
- THE SERVANTS OF THE RICH
- THE JOKE
- THE SPY
- THE YOUNG PEOPLE
- ETHANDUNE
- THE DEATH OF ROBERT THE STRONG
- THE CROOKED STREETS
- THE PLACE APART
- THE EBRO PLAIN
- THE LITTLE RIVER
- SOME LETTERS OF SHAKESPEARE’S TIME
- ON ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE GREAT
- ON LYING
- THE DUPE
- THE LOVE OF ENGLAND
- THE STORM
- THE VALLEY
- A CONVERSATION IN ANDORRA
- PARIS AND THE EAST
- THE HUMAN CHARLATAN
- THE BARBARIANS
- ON KNOWING THE PAST
- THE HIGHER CRITICISM
- THE FANATIC
- A LEADING ARTICLE
- THE OBITUARY NOTICE
- THE “MERRY ROME” COLUMN
- OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG PARASITE
- ON DROPPING ANCHOR
Connections
Forms & Genres: Essay, History, Satire, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Satire of Society, Nationalism and Patriotism, Faith, Tradition, Truth, Wit Motifs: Road, Sea, River, Storm, Book Reading, Sea and Voyage Historical References: Battle of Ethandun, King Alfred, Medieval England Settings: Rural England, France, Spain, Europe Characters: Hilaire Belloc, William Shakespeare Archetypes: Fanatic